Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: First snapshot of a proposed set of fixes to make 2.0.34 | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 18 Jan 1998 16:37:09 -0600 |
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>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
>> Another candidate: >> >> o ioport.c fix from 2.1 for gcc 2.8.0
Alan> I don't believe it is a candidate. It only partially fixes the gcc 2.8.0 Alan> problems, and nobody has spent the 3 or 4 weeks+ running lots of 2.8.0 Alan> compiled kernels neccessary to find out.
>> It is clearly a linux bug and not a gcc problem, and I think it is important >> that the stable kernel compiles correctly with the latest released gcc.
Alan> Only if we have fair reason to believe the resulting compile is stable.
Then there should be explicit non-support (A warning somewhere), that this could be dangerous.
Eric
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