Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:19:23 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: Updated 2.4 TODO List -- new addition WAS(test9 PCI |
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 19:15:24 -0600 From: Cort Dougan <cort@fsmlabs.com>
It's not a new idea but that doesn't make it a good one. The idea of distributing the _same_ compiler but different versions is nutty.
Actually, this is common practice even in the commercial UNIX world for kernel development. I have seen several UNIX vendors who use a specific version of a specific compiler for kernel development. When you want to build a kernel, you check out the kernel build kit, and this is the compiler that gets used.
I honestly see nothing wrong with it. There are different parts of the compiler stressed by the kernel build as opposed to most userland compilation, and furthermore the desired compiler stability/feature ratio is different for each task. So one way to solve these differing needs is to simply use different compilers.
Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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