Re: [PATCH] kernel: add support for gcc 5

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 09/04/2014 02:25 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>> CC'ing Hannes, he sent a much simpler gcc5 patch a few days ago.
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/8/26/710
> 
> That approach won't last for long - as soon as we add some
> gcc5-specific thing, we'll need a new file.
> 
> Let history be a guide:
> 
> diff -u include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h

It seems much saner to do that branching when we actually need to.  In
the meantime I suspect that a handful of redefinitions would actually be
cleaner.

	-hpa


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