Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Dec 1997 23:33:55 -0600 | From | Michael Elizabeth Chastain <> | Subject | Re: OFFTOPIC: binary modules, bad idea! |
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Hello Albert,
Hello Kernel Hackers,
Albert Cahalan writes:
> 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.
In my case, 'plain stock compiler' means: any compiler that can compile the linux kernel now will still be able to compile the kernel after any patch I write.
If you want, I could change my phrasing and say: any patch I write will work on every compiler that already compiles the Linux kernel.
Michael Chastain <mailto:mec@shout.net> "love without fear"
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