Re: Linux 2.0.3x & gcc 2.8

Rob Hagopian (hagopiar@vuser.vu.union.edu)
Thu, 5 Feb 1998 15:24:11 -0500 (EST)


IMO, it should go in, but gcc 2.8.0 should still be an unsupported
platform until it's received enough testing. There's no sense in keeping
patches out of the kernel that fix known problems...
-Rob H.

On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Philip Blundell wrote:

> >No, you have to convince Alan Cox, that it should. Seems he doesn't like
> >to fix anything for gcc-280.
>
> If you can get people to run kernels with gcc 2.8.0 and this patch for a few
> weeks and convince everyone that nothing breaks, it can probably go into
> 2.0.34. Putting it in otherwise is implicitly saying "gcc 2.8.0 is ok", and
> that's a dangerous thing to do.
>
> p.
>
>

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