From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030216AbVHJTgk (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:36:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030217AbVHJTgk (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:36:40 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:16397 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030216AbVHJTgj (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:36:39 -0400 Message-ID: <42FA5848.809@tmr.com> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:40:56 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "David S. Miller" CC: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove support for gcc < 3.2 References: <20050731222606.GL3608@stusta.de> <20050731.153631.70217457.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20050731.153631.70217457.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David S. Miller wrote: > From: Adrian Bunk > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 00:26:07 +0200 > > >>- my impression is that the older compilers are only rarely >> used, so miscompilations of a driver with an old gcc might >> not be detected for a longer amount of time > > > Many people still use 2.95 because it's still the fastest > way to get a kernel build done and that's important for > many people. > > And with 4.0 being a scary regression in the compile time > performance area compared to 3.4, this becomes even more > important to keep around. I don't mean to offend anyone, but it seems that the gcc project, at least WRT x86, has lost its way a bit. The compiler is getting slower, and the generated code is not getting correspondingly faster. Or smaller. I'm not sure about more correct... Keeping 2.95 might not be a bad idea. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me