Re: [PATCH RFC] gcc-plugins: Handle GCC version mismatch for OOT modules

Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-27T18:40:39Z

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