Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:40:56 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] remove support for gcc < 3.2 |
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David S. Miller wrote: > From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 00:26:07 +0200 > > >>- my impression is that the older compilers are only rarely >> used, so miscompilations of a driver with an old gcc might >> not be detected for a longer amount of time > > > Many people still use 2.95 because it's still the fastest > way to get a kernel build done and that's important for > many people. > > And with 4.0 being a scary regression in the compile time > performance area compared to 3.4, this becomes even more > important to keep around.
I don't mean to offend anyone, but it seems that the gcc project, at least WRT x86, has lost its way a bit. The compiler is getting slower, and the generated code is not getting correspondingly faster. Or smaller. I'm not sure about more correct...
Keeping 2.95 might not be a bad idea.
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