Re: [PATCH][RFC] PentiumPro/II split in x86 config

Miles Bader (miles@lsi.nec.co.jp)
28 May 2002 11:55:47 +0900

Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> writes:
> The kernel can only be compiled with gcc, but some bits of the build
> are compiled and run on the host, using the host compiler. Avoid using
> gccisms where there is a standard way of doing it.

That particular gccism completely infests the kernel, so there seems
little point in avoiding it in favor of the uglier standard syntax.

-Miles

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