From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@caldera.de>
To: Tim@Rikers.org (Tim Riker)
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?)
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 22:06:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200011022106.WAA18428@ns.caldera.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A01D463.9ADEF3AF@Rikers.org>
In article <3A01D463.9ADEF3AF@Rikers.org> you wrote:
> As is being discussed here, C99 has some replacements to the gcc syntax
> the kernel uses. I believe the C99 syntax will win in the near future,
> and thus the gcc syntax will have to be removed at some point. In the
> interim the kernel will either move towards supporting both, or a
> quantum jump to support the new gcc3+ compiler only. I am hoping a
> little thought can get put into this such that this change will be less
> painful down the road.
BTW: the C99 syntax for named structure initializers is supported from
gcc 2.7.<something> on. But a policy decision has been take to use
gcc synta in kernel.
Christoph
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Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-01 22:57 Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ? Kurt Garloff
2000-11-01 22:40 ` J . A . Magallon
2000-11-01 22:47 ` David S. Miller
2000-11-01 22:45 ` Gérard Roudier
2000-11-01 23:07 ` Ben Pfaff
2000-11-01 23:11 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-01 23:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-01 23:12 ` David S. Miller
2000-11-01 23:21 ` Tom Rini
2000-11-01 23:30 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-01 23:36 ` Tom Rini
2000-11-02 0:22 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-02 4:50 ` Mike Galbraith
2000-11-02 4:59 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-01 23:29 ` David S. Miller
2000-11-01 23:45 ` David S. Miller
2000-11-02 0:00 ` Cort Dougan
2000-11-02 0:54 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-02 0:11 ` David S. Miller
2000-11-02 0:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-02 0:59 ` Bill Nottingham
2000-11-02 18:55 ` non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?) Tim Riker
2000-11-02 19:07 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-02 19:07 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-02 19:24 ` Ben Ford
2000-11-02 19:31 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-02 20:37 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2000-11-02 20:53 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-02 21:06 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2000-11-02 21:21 ` non-gcc linux? Tim Riker
2000-11-02 22:46 ` non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?) Theodore Y. Ts'o
2000-11-02 23:16 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-03 12:02 ` Martin Dalecki
2000-11-04 11:30 ` Kai Henningsen
2000-11-02 20:53 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-02 21:04 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-02 21:17 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-02 21:23 ` Andi Kleen
2000-11-02 21:27 ` non-gcc linux? Tim Riker
2000-11-02 21:41 ` Andi Kleen
2000-11-02 21:43 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-03 7:21 ` Gábor Lénárt
2000-11-04 11:39 ` Kai Henningsen
2000-11-04 11:37 ` non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?) Kai Henningsen
2000-11-07 16:33 ` Jes Sorensen
2000-11-07 20:52 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-07 21:06 ` Richard B. Johnson
2000-11-07 22:08 ` David Lang
2000-11-07 21:36 ` Richard B. Johnson
2000-11-08 0:04 ` yodaiken
2000-11-02 19:18 ` Andi Kleen
2000-11-02 19:17 ` non-gcc linux? Tim Riker
2000-11-02 19:52 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-11-02 20:00 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-02 20:29 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-11-02 22:23 ` D. Hugh Redelmeier
2000-11-02 22:31 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-03 22:02 ` D. Hugh Redelmeier
2000-11-04 5:34 ` non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?) Aaron Sethman
2000-11-04 9:18 ` non-gcc linux? Tim Riker
2000-11-04 10:58 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-05 20:52 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-05 21:06 ` Jakub Jelinek
2000-11-05 21:18 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-05 22:42 ` Marc Lehmann
2000-11-05 23:05 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-06 0:05 ` Marc Lehmann
2000-11-06 8:53 ` Thomas Pornin
2000-11-05 23:26 ` Ion Badulescu
2000-11-06 6:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
2000-11-05 22:46 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-05 22:45 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-05 22:52 ` Tim Riker
2000-11-04 12:20 ` Kai Henningsen
2000-11-06 17:14 ` non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?) Ralf Baechle
2000-11-02 20:21 ` Andi Kleen
2000-11-02 20:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
2000-11-05 13:03 ` Kai Henningsen
2000-11-03 11:33 ` Thomas Pornin
2000-11-04 11:19 ` Kai Henningsen
2000-11-04 12:24 ` Kai Henningsen
2000-11-05 3:28 ` Michael Meissner
2000-11-02 0:21 ` Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ? Nathan Paul Simons
2000-11-02 2:42 ` Marc Lehmann
2000-11-02 21:24 ` Gérard Roudier
2000-11-02 22:37 ` David S. Miller
2000-11-01 23:54 ` Cort Dougan
2000-11-02 6:28 ` Jakub Jelinek
2000-11-02 0:06 ` David S. Miller
2000-11-02 0:11 ` Nathan Paul Simons
2000-11-02 0:22 ` Tom Rini
2000-11-02 0:26 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-02 0:56 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-01 23:37 ` Nathan Paul Simons
2000-11-02 0:17 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2000-11-02 0:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-02 1:01 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2000-11-01 22:53 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-02 1:12 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-02 2:47 ` J . A . Magallon
2000-11-02 3:26 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-02 11:40 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-01 23:04 ` George
2000-11-02 1:08 ` Jan Dvorak
2000-11-01 23:12 ` Alan Cox
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[not found] ` <fa.cjn9ksv.1a0m82t@ifi.uio.no>
2000-11-04 6:19 ` non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?) Russ Allbery
2000-11-04 8:40 ` Michael Meissner
2000-11-04 8:44 ` Russ Allbery
2000-11-06 12:06 ` Horst von Brand
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