From: Derek M Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>,
Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org>,
linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] LLVM backend for Sparse
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:42:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E5BB37E.7090905@knosof.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E5BB167.6050205@garzik.org>
Jeff,
>> Can people allay my concern that this work is not on the slippery
>> slope leading to sparse becoming the recommended compiler for
>> building the kernel?
>
> I doubt sparse will ever have the testing, support and deployment
> infrastructure of the gcc ecosystem.
Exactly. Unfortunately people's desire to control their world is often
stronger.
--
Derek M. Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667
Knowledge Software Ltd blog:shape-of-code.codingguidelines.com
Source code analysis http://www.knosof.co.uk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-29 15:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-28 6:08 [ANNOUNCE] LLVM backend for Sparse Pekka Enberg
2011-08-28 8:51 ` Christopher Li
2011-08-28 13:51 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-08-28 14:01 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-08-28 16:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-08-29 7:41 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-08-29 9:19 ` Christopher Li
2011-08-29 11:05 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-08-29 14:22 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-08-29 15:14 ` Derek M Jones
2011-08-29 15:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-08-29 15:42 ` Derek M Jones [this message]
2011-08-29 15:45 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-08-29 16:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-08-29 15:27 ` Jeff Garzik
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