From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 06:54:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 06:54:11 -0400 Received: from [200.203.199.90] ([200.203.199.90]:52241 "EHLO orion.netbank.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 06:54:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 01:27:53 -0300 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Rusty Russell , Linus Torvalds Cc: miles@gnu.org, kaos@ocs.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] PentiumPro/II split in x86 config Message-ID: <20020529042753.GC28492@conectiva.com.br> Mail-Followup-To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Rusty Russell , Linus Torvalds , miles@gnu.org, kaos@ocs.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3937.1022552654@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> <20020528030200.GL20729@conectiva.com.br> <20020529142350.7cc6cc59.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Url: http://advogato.org/person/acme Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Em Wed, May 29, 2002 at 02:23:50PM +1000, Rusty Russell escreveu: > On Tue, 28 May 2002 00:02:00 -0300 > 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. > > WARNING: The older form is deprecated. From the info pages: > > Another syntax which has the same meaning, obsolete since GCC 2.5, is > `FIELDNAME:', as shown here: > > Janitors wanted, Ouch, Rusty, I'll reread the info pages and go over all the tree and start submitting patches, starting tomorrow. Expect that sound, multiple times. Powers that be: holler now or... - Arnaldo