> In message <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9808161154140.2219-100000@p01-35.hartford.dialin.n
> tp
> lx.com>, Tom Rini writes:
> +-----
> | On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> | > In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980816104537.668A-100000@zero>, Tom Vier writes:
> | > | On 16 Aug 1998, Andi Kleen wrote:
> | > | > asmlinkage is just a historical remnant from the great deays when Linux
> | > | > was writen in C++ (somewhere around 0.97 I think).
> | > |
> | > | woah, the kernel used to be in c++? why c++ then a switch to c?
> | >
> | > Because g++ was a buggy piece of crap back then --- the three or so kernel
> |
> | With the newer, and what i understand to be less crappier g++ in egcs-1.1
> | (and gcc-2.8.x ?) would this make any sense to do for 2.3.x ?
> +--->8
>
> It might even work now --- the g++ test was way back in the 0.99 series, g++
> has come a long way since then.
Well, a quick check says it won't work w/o some work (checked w/ egcs-g++
from the 1.1 cvs a few days ago, init/main.o died), so if it's worth it,
it'd be a 2.3.x thing.
--- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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