Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] remove support for gcc < 3.2 | Date | Sun, 7 Aug 2005 19:25:52 +0300 |
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On Monday 01 August 2005 01:36, 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.
This is a rather strange form of "progress", especially since in my experience newer gcc's do not show significant reductions in code size... -- vda
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