Re: [2.6 patch] remove support for gcc < 3.2

Denis Vlasenko
2005-08-07T16:26:12Z

On Monday 01 August 2005 01:36, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 00:26:07 +0200
>
> > - my impression is that the older compilers are only rarely
> > used, so miscompilations of a driver with an old gcc might
> > not be detected for a longer amount of time
>
> Many people still use 2.95 because it's still the fastest
> way to get a kernel build done and that's important for
> many people.
>
> And with 4.0 being a scary regression in the compile time
> performance area compared to 3.4, this becomes even more
> important to keep around.

This is a rather strange form of "progress", especially
since in my experience newer gcc's do not show significant
reductions in code size...
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vda