Re: [patch] 2.4.16 for pointers to __devexit functions

Jeff Garzik
2001-12-06T09:41:55Z

David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> davem@redhat.com said:
> > > Why not __attribute__((weak)) ?
> > This doesn't work on all platforms unfortunately :(
>
> Doesn't work at all, or just doesn't work with the (current) minimum
> recommended compiler? We have to increase those minima at some point.

akpm and others will yell :)

egcs-1.1.2 compiles an x86 kernel far faster than newer compilers...

Jeff

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