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From: Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org>
To: John Fort <johnf@whitsunday.net.au>
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 17 month late patch for Linux v2.2.x
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 02:36:24 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001217023623.R3199@cadcamlab.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000001c064c4$44c1e7e0$67bc19cb@default>
In-Reply-To: <000001c064c4$44c1e7e0$67bc19cb@default>; from johnf@whitsunday.net.au on Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 03:18:19PM +1000


[John Fort]
> It is only needed if you build your v2.2.x kernel for the Initio
> 1060p LVD SCSI controller using a later compiler than 2.7.2.3 and
> then are stupid enough to ignore any compiler warnings about
> 'ambiguous else, suggest using braces'.

You mean gcc 2.7.2.3 actually gives you the *other* meaning for that
wrong construction?  That is too weird.  The C standard is clear,
'else' always goes with the immediately preceding 'if' statement.

Peter
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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-12-13  5:18 17 month late patch for Linux v2.2.x John Fort
2000-12-17  8:36 ` Peter Samuelson [this message]

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