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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	x86@kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: don't compile with gcc-3.3.3
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:25:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C8E5E97.6070908@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100913182838.70aa0964@schatten.dmk.lab>

On 09/13/2010 09:28 AM, Florian Mickler wrote:
> 
> What about issuing a warning like 
> 
> "gcc 3.3.3 is broken because of bug [bugdescription/url].
> if you know your build is not affected by this bug do:
> touch .gcc333bugfixNNNN but please be aware that you are 
> not supported by the mainline kernel development comunity 
> if you do"
> 
> and implementing the accompanying logic?
> 

URK.

The workload of maintaining that crap would be astonishing, especially
for something at the tail end of supportable.

I don't think that is even remotely realistic.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-13 17:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-13  8:31 [RFC PATCH] x86: don't compile with gcc-3.3.3 florian
2010-09-13  8:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-09-13 15:56   ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-09-13 16:21     ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-13 16:28       ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-13 17:25         ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-09-13 18:42           ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-13 20:00             ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-09-13 20:03               ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-13 16:33   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-09-13 17:26     ` H. Peter Anvin

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