Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ? | Date | 1 Nov 2000 16:32:48 -0800 |
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Followup to: <200011020011.QAA20585@pizda.ninka.net> By author: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > We already know we are a bunch of pinheads wrt. the userland compiler > issue, full stop. It need not be restated several hundred more times. > Believe me, after such a large fiasco, we have listened :-) > > But, on the other hand, to say that "kgcc" comceptually is something > only Red Hat has ever done is a factual error, that is all I am trying > to state, nothing more. >
I think at least supporting a "kgcc" compiler makes sense, conceptually (although it probably should have been called "kcc", but it's too late now.)
The kernel uses a lot of gcc extensions, and history shows that these extensions aren't as stable as the compiler system as a whole.
-hpa
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