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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, phk@critter.tfs.com
Subject: Re: libkern.a going away
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>> Does anyone want to do this better or differently?
>Please go ahead.  Long overdue.
>Should we add a semi-mandatory kernel option "GCC" which pulls in the 
>stuff gcc needs ?

The reverse is more necessary: an option "NOTGCC" that pulls support
out of the Attics for all the functions that depend on gcc features
(mostly ones with inline asm).  I wouldn't worry about it until we
have a non-gcc compiler.  Try compiling the kernel with lcc or lint
to see how much it depends on gcc.

Bruce