Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:15:16 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Make gcc3.3 Eliminate Unused Static Functions |
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:07:19AM -0700, Robert Love wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:03, Tom Rini wrote: > > > ... only if we say a min gcc version of 3.3 however, yes? Otherwise the > > kernel gets rather bloated. Just how wide-spread (and Good To Use) is > > gcc-3.3 now? > > Good point. > > I have been using gcc-3.3 for awhile now with success, and I can > recommend it at least for x86, but that really is not reason to force > anyone to move to it (yet).
But how much have you rebuilt, heavily tested, etc? I know that currently Debian/sid is building XFree86 4.1 at -O on all arches due to gcc-3.3 issues (some xdm auth problem on ppc and x86, other things elsewhere).
> So this change will be nice when gcc 3.3 or greater is the minimum > compiler, but not very nice until then. If we start eradicating ifdefs > users of older compilers will get very bloated kernels.
Indeed.
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