From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261197AbVFMSmU (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:42:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261194AbVFMSkO (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:40:14 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:26017 "EHLO parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261193AbVFMSjO (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:39:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:42:11 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Mikael Pettersson Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4.31 0/9] gcc4 fixes overview Message-ID: <20050613134211.GA23160@logos.cnet> References: <200506121116.j5CBGJPs019683@harpo.it.uu.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200506121116.j5CBGJPs019683@harpo.it.uu.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Mikael, I believe its about time for v2.4 to reject such kind of modifications, they can live outside the mainline repository. On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 01:16:19PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > This set of patches fixes gcc4 problems in the 2.4.31 > kernel's 'core' code. I've been running gcc4-compiled 2.4 > kernels for several months on i386, x86_64, and ppc32, and > there are currently no known regressions compared to gcc34. > > Note: you'll want to use recent gcc-4.0.1 snapshots as > gcc-4.0.0 is known to be broken. > > This set of patches do not include fixes to drivers, > file systems, or architectures I don't use myself. I > have a preliminary patch kit for those, but as it > has received only limited compile testing I'm not > submitting it unless these core patches are accepted. > > The patch set consists of the following 9 parts: > [1/9] fix incomplete array errors > [2/9] fix static-vs-nonstatic redefinition errors > [3/9] fix nested function declaration errors > [4/9] fix undefined strcpy linkage errors > [5/9] fix x86_64 acpi assembly error > [6/9] fix x86_64 sys_iopl() bug > [7/9] fix const function warnings > [8/9] silence pointer signedness warnings > [9/9] fix i386 struct_cpy() warnings