From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 21:22:47 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10091106566B for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 21:22:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rmh.aybabtu@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA6108FC14 for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 21:22:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvg11 with SMTP id 11so5599334pvg.13 for ; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:22:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=WQnQKYp9pf3t7paDJbY/kAsspImhVm6Rfqo3AWP3IW0=; b=KOcbp2fiyNL3YO0OBiyW4GRBKne/AUpHBssE4b6mOtuQDf571zcLr0hVB/My4+fAqi JWgGZfXY+ST2t4Xf1mfs9gXyC5BzVvxFPcBBXqWIkKVrSgrIcbKMmK38F+79rAF1DiXB 0Xsr5kKsDPEXtJocAfSybEuQuuB9mwuud5fPo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.13.68 with SMTP id f4mr6029880pbc.404.1309728166224; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:22:46 -0700 (PDT) Sender: rmh.aybabtu@gmail.com Received: by 10.68.47.138 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 14:22:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110703205635.GB22963@lonesome.com> References: <20110702193724.5c55a6c9@kan.dnsalias.net> <20110703103925.0bdf255a@kan.dnsalias.net> <20110703205635.GB22963@lonesome.com> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 23:22:45 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: fK72C55W-zOJZP3Og3AQpzi-KoQ Message-ID: From: Robert Millan To: Mark Linimon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] __FreeBSD_kernel__ X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:22:47 -0000 2011/7/3 Mark Linimon : > On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 05:47:02PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: >> isn't it enough if support is present in the FreeBSD >> version of these compilers (for production and development releases of >> FreeBSD), plus the latest release of the upstream version of each of >> those compilers? > > You may find the gcc team very uninterested in changing things around > to support FreeBSD. >From my experience interacting with them, what I know for sure is they won't add a new macro for FreeBSD unless they get a clear signal that FreeBSD wants it (e.g. by checking it in its downstream version of GCC). Other than that, I don't see a problem with getting a one-line patch accepted in upstream GCC tree. -- Robert Millan