Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:22:25 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: Updated 2.4 TODO List -- new addition WAS(test9 PCI |
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 04:18:23 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
I disagree the stability/feature ratio needs are different between kernel and userspace (at least excluding the FPU handling that of course doesn't matter for kernel :).
Tell that to people who want a %100 standards compliant c++ compiler. :-)
Offering that adds a certain amount of risk. It may be desirable to not take that risk for building the kernel, and the kernel has no c++ needs thus...
Often, suitability of a compiler for the kernel is based upon time in widespread use.
I have no arguments against your statements that 2.2.x, 2.4.x should be fixed to build with the newer compiler. It should be fixed as soon as possible, without question.
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