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

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

On Tue, 28 May 2002 00:02:00 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> 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.

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,
Rusty.
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