Re: 2.5.8-dj1 : arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c error

[Martin J. Bligh]

>>> Even though clustered_apic_mode is 0, the compiler still complains
>>> about the second one and the first one doesn't depend on
>>> clustered_apic_mode at all.
>> 
>> Hmmm ... not sure why the compiler complains about the second one,
>> that's very strange ;-)
> 
> That's because we're using C. If we rewrote the kernel in FORTRAN, the
> FORTRAN compiler would happily let us redefine 0 to any other value :)

I think you're missing the point. It shouldn't be compiling that whole if
clause
at all, as far as I can see.

M.