Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:38:56 -0600 | From | Josh Poimboeuf <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] gcc-plugins: Handle GCC version mismatch for OOT modules |
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On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 06:02:15PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Please don't add all this garbage. We only add infrastructure to the > kernel for what the kernel itself needs, not for weird out of tree > infrastructure.
This isn't new, the kernel already has the infrastructure for building out-of-tree modules. It's widely used. Are you suggesting we remove it? Good luck with that...
Either it should be supported, or not. Make the case either way. But I can't understand why people are advocating to leave it half-broken.
-- Josh
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