From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 10:03:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 10:03:29 -0400 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:33224 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 10:03:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 16:03:22 +0200 From: "J.A. Magallon" To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Miles Bader , Keith Owens , Lista Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] PentiumPro/II split in x86 config Message-ID: <20020528140322.GA6320@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <3937.1022552654@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> <20020528030200.GL20729@conectiva.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Mailer: Balsa 1.3.6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2002.05.28 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: >Em Tue, May 28, 2002 at 11:55:47AM +0900, Miles Bader escreveu: >> Keith Owens 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. -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Mandrake Linux release 8.3 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.19-pre8-jam4 #2 SMP dom may 26 11:20:42 CEST 2002 i686