Re: Possible GCC contamination of Linux

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 07:53:42 -0700

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:45:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>

So, is there the possibility that something from the gcc library
gets linked into the kernel? If so, how would I prevent it from
happening?

Yes, parts of libgcc.a are necessary for certain types "long long"
arithmetic at the very least.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

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