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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:28:22 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [INFO]: import of clang/LLVM to happen on June 9th
Message-ID:  <20100604172822.GA85023@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4C0930E3.3030301@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20100604152605.GA80277@freebsd.org> <4C0930E3.3030301@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 09:59:15AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 06/04/10 08:26, Roman Divacky wrote:
> >Dear current@
> >
> >On June 9th, we are importing clang/LLVM into FreeBSD HEAD.
> 
> Excellent news! :)  I am in favor of this, and look forward to a day of 
> using a FreeBSD system compiled as much as possible with clang.
> 
> During the ongoing discussion there were 2 items identified that I was 
> particularly interested in, and I personally would like to see those 
> items resolved before the clang import:
> 
> 1. Have uname report the compiler (and compiler version?) that the 
> kernel was compiled with. This can likely be done through newvers.sh 
> easily enough.
> 

Is it possible to load a clang compiled module into a gcc
compiled kernel (and vice versa)?  If the answer is "yes",
then a change to uname may produce meaningless and somewhat
misleading information.

-- 
Steve



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