Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: OFFTOPIC: binary modules, bad idea! | Date | Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:43:34 -0500 (EST) |
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>> If the kernel needs a special gcc for module versions, >> then that is simply what it needs. Standard gcc could >> still compile a kernel without modules. > > Anything I develop is going to use plain stock compilers, > linkers, and so on.
What is a plain stock compiler anyway? Certainly not gcc. Linux already requires a specific version of a specific compiler with a specific object file format. You simply can't write kernel code with plain stock compilers.
There are 3 gcc variants that can support the kernel now. If the FSF won't add some feature Linux needs, tough. They _will_ add it if Linux stops using their gcc, just like they made glibc work. They might not cooperate until they start to lose control a bit. Oh well. It is sick to let them hold Linux back.
Anyway, this is only for versioned modules.
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