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

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Tue, May 28, 2002 at 11:55:47AM +0900, Miles Bader escreveu:
> Keith Owens <[e-mail]> writes:
> > 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.
> 
> That particular gccism completely infests the kernel, so there seems
> little point in avoiding it in favor of the uglier standard syntax.

Agreed.

What I'll do: continue using the simpler way that only gcc understands but
take care to not use gccisms when and if I patch build bits.

- Arnaldo