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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
	Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] kernel/module.c (plus gratuitous rant)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 19:45:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001027194513.A1060@bug.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <39F5830E.7963A935@uow.edu.au> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010241353590.1743-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010241353590.1743-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>; from Linus Torvalds on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 01:55:56PM -0700

Hi!

> > if the person who sent you the -pre4 patch against module.c
> > had Cc:'ed this mailing list then your kernel would do
> > something useful when compiled with gcc-2.7.2.3.
> 
> It seems that gcc-2.7.2.3 is terminally ill. I'd rather change
> Documentation/Changes, and just document the fact.
> 
> These kinds of subtle work-arounds for gcc bugs are not really acceptable,
> nor is it worthwhile complaining when somebody does development with a gcc
> that is _not_ broken, and doesn't notice that some random gcc bug breaks
> the kernel for others.

Would it be possible to keep 2.7.2.3? You still need 2.7.2.3 to
reliably compile 2.0.X (and maybe even 2.2.all-but-latest?).
								Pavel
-- 
I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care."
Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org
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       reply	other threads:[~2000-10-27 20:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <39F5830E.7963A935@uow.edu.au>
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010241353590.1743-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
2000-10-27 17:45   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2000-10-27 20:40     ` [patch] kernel/module.c (plus gratuitous rant) Jeff Garzik
2000-10-27 21:12       ` Alan Cox
2000-10-27 20:46     ` Alan Cox
2000-10-28  1:00     ` Keith Owens
2000-10-28 11:15       ` Dominik Kubla
2000-10-29  0:27         ` Richard Henderson
2000-10-29 15:09           ` Dominik Kubla
2000-10-30 11:05             ` Peter Samuelson
2000-10-30 18:50               ` Richard Henderson
2000-10-29 23:23       ` Rusty Russell
2000-10-30 11:08         ` Peter Samuelson
2000-10-30 11:19           ` Recommended compiler? - " Linux Kernel Developer
2000-10-30 11:58             ` Peter Samuelson
2000-10-30 13:49               ` Martin Dalecki
2000-10-30 20:50                 ` Horst von Brand
2000-10-30 22:02                   ` Jakub Jelinek
2000-10-31 10:27                   ` Martin Dalecki

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