Re: Problem Installing Linux Kernel Module compiled with gcc-3.2.x

Alan Cox
2003-05-30T20:21:24Z

On Gwe, 2003-05-30 at 20:02, Joe Buck wrote:
> > Between GCC 2.x and 3.x the *major* version changed (duh). I would
> > imagine that people are/were (justifiably?) concerned that ABI's might
> > have changed. From your response, I assume there are no ABI changes
> > for C at least? I suppose a gratuitous ABI change would constitute a
> > bug, though...
>
> There are no ABI changes for C.

Not quite true but close. The padding in gcc 2.96 however is actually to
work around a compiler bug