From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964885AbVHKAF7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:05:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964913AbVHKAF7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:05:59 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:62677 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964885AbVHKAF7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:05:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:05:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20050810.170557.26275541.davem@davemloft.net> To: joecool1029@gmail.com Cc: davidsen@tmr.com, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: remove support for gcc < 3.2 From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: References: <20050731.153631.70217457.davem@davemloft.net> <42FA5848.809@tmr.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Joe Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:02:33 -0400 > With all the changes and deprications it seems pointless to have to > maintain extra code so 3 people can use an obsolete compiler. This number is enormously greater than 3, and especially it's important because the folks who are quite important to kernel development (read as: Andrew Morton) rely on the build efficiency of gcc-2.95 so that they can actually get their daily work done. Some of us spend the majority of our time doing patch applying and verification kernel builds, and often not much more than that. Therefore kernel build time is enormously important, and gcc-2.95 is the best option as far as that goes.