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Date:      Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:40:47 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
To:        cd_freebsd@gatorzone.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using Newer Version of GCC on 4.8
Message-ID:  <3EEA0C9F.10407@acm.org>
References:  <200306131253.AA111083662@gatorzone.com>

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cd_freebsd wrote:

> I am currently developing on FreeBSD 4.8 with gcc 2.95.3. Is

> there any problem upgrading to a newer version of GCC to use

> for compiling device drivers? I want to get unnamed structure support.


It _might_ work, but keep in mind that compiling the kernel
(or even kernel modules)  with anything other than the provided
system compiler is _untested_ and _unsupported_.  There is a real possibility
that things will break in mysterious and difficult-to-diagnose ways.

If you're willing to break the kernel just to get unnamed
structures, try -CURRENT.  ;-)

Tim Kientzle



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