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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, avi@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fyi: gcc33-hammer crashes when compiling kvm emulate.c
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:01:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101026170142.GD29961@basil.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CC705ED.1020105@zytor.com>

> Not unless they are actively known to break.  People get huffy about it

Well they do -- i just found out.

> because even if it is known to have problems it doesn't break *their*
> particular configuration.  I'm getting to be of the opinion that people
> who compile modern kernels with ancient compilers and expect it to work
> are suffering from some particular kind of insanity -- it's nothing the
> distros do.  The only exception are embedded people who compile with the
> latest 3.4 gcc; they have explained they do so because newer gccs have
> too many dependencies (the actual compiler, not the generated code) and
> for speed.

At least in the old days the main reason for gcc 3 was build speed.
AKPM and some others used to be fond of that.

3.x is apparently much faster than 4.x

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-26 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-26 12:38 fyi: gcc33-hammer crashes when compiling kvm emulate.c Andi Kleen
2010-10-26 16:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-26 16:37   ` Andi Kleen
2010-10-26 16:46     ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-26 17:01       ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2010-10-26 18:19         ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-26 20:27           ` Andi Kleen
2010-10-26 20:37             ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-27 10:50               ` Avi Kivity
2010-10-27 17:00                 ` Andi Kleen

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