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

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Tue, 28 May 2002 12:24:14 +1000


On Mon, 27 May 2002 23:16:47 -0300,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> wrote:
>Em Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:05:54PM +1000, Keith Owens escreveu:
>> Better still, use the C language standard:
>>
>> .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL,
>
>oops, gcc accepts that, good to know that this is standard C, but for the
>kernel, I think that this doesn't matter as gcc is the only compiler that
>understands the GCC Language 8) Or am I wrong? I'd love to be... 8)

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.

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