Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:05:48 -0500 From: Alan Cox <alc@cs.rice.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiled a kernel with egcs Message-ID: <19990812180548.A27359@nonpc.cs.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <199908122227.QAA06512@harmony.village.org>; from Warner Losh on Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 04:27:03PM -0600 References: <19990812164245.A26812@nonpc.cs.rice.edu> <199908122227.QAA06512@harmony.village.org>
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On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 04:27:03PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > So you wouldn't be interested in a patch that works on UP machines to > allow it to compile under the old 3.x compiler? > Yes, I would be interested. As far as we know, the combination of -STABLE's atomic.h and gcc-2.7.2.x generates safe code, but there's no point in relying on chance (i.e., the specifics of an old gcc's code generator) if we can avoid it. Alan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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