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 00:25:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 00:25:10 -0400 Received: from ausmtp01.au.ibm.COM ([202.135.136.97]:63939 "EHLO ausmtp01.au.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 00:25:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 14:23:50 +1000 From: Rusty Russell To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 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: <20020529142350.7cc6cc59.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20020528030200.GL20729@conectiva.com.br> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; powerpc-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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, Rusty. -- there are those who do and those who hang on and you don't see too many doers quoting their contemporaries. -- Larry McVoy