Re: [PATCH][RFC] PentiumPro/II split in x86 config

["J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>]

On 2002.05.28 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>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.
>

Problem is that named initializers '.xx =' are ISO C99, so problably they
are not supported in gcc till 3.0...the old way is working with older
compilers.

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