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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>,
	Lista Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] PentiumPro/II split in x86 config
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 00:02:00 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020528030200.GL20729@conectiva.com.br> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3937.1022552654@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> <buo3cwdf0b0.fsf@mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp>

Em Tue, May 28, 2002 at 11:55:47AM +0900, Miles Bader escreveu:
> Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> writes:
> > The kernel can only be compiled with gcc, but some bits of the build
> > are compiled and run on the host, using the host compiler.  Avoid using
> > gccisms where there is a standard way of doing it.
> 
> That particular gccism completely infests the kernel, so there seems
> little point in avoiding it in favor of the uglier standard syntax.

Agreed.

What I'll do: continue using the simpler way that only gcc understands but
take care to not use gccisms when and if I patch build bits.

- Arnaldo

  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-28  3:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-27 14:54 [PATCH][RFC] PentiumPro/II split in x86 config J.A. Magallon
2002-05-27 17:31 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-27 21:59   ` J.A. Magallon
2002-05-28  1:29     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-05-28  2:05       ` Keith Owens
2002-05-28  2:16         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-05-28  2:24           ` Keith Owens
2002-05-28  2:35             ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-05-28  2:55             ` Miles Bader
2002-05-28  3:02               ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2002-05-28 14:03                 ` J.A. Magallon
2002-05-28 14:30                   ` Mikael Pettersson
2002-05-28 15:00                     ` David Woodhouse
2002-05-28 18:39                       ` Albert D. Cahalan
2002-05-28 16:16                     ` Miles Bader
2002-05-28 14:45                   ` Roland Dreier
2002-05-29  4:23                 ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-29  4:27                   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-05-29 14:06       ` Dave Jones
2002-05-28  0:15 ` Keith Owens

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