Re: 2.1.114 fails build on i386

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Michael Nelson wrote:
>
> What _is_ your officially approved compiler these days?  I was under the
> impression it was gcc-2.7.2.3.  What do YOU use to compile the kernel?

I still use gcc-2.7.2.1. And yes, it also has the bug, but I just never
saw it because I only compiled for SMP. 

However, unlike 2.0.x and Alan, I do NOT have a rule that says that "only
compiler version xxx" is supported. I'm happy having people compile v2.1
with newer compilers - it should work. So I don't have a blacklist,
although I also haven't tried to keep up with the "bug of the month" wrt
the newer compilers (the snapshots have had some problems). 

My current version of this particular fix will actually do the right thing
for gcc-2.8.x, where it just does the empty initializer. So as of 2.1.115,
gcc-2.8 will create better code than 2.7.x for this case on UP. Go wild,
but know that I haven't tested that particular compiler..

		Linus