Re: [PATCH RFC] gcc-plugins: Handle GCC version mismatch for OOT modules

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 06:02:15PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Please don't add all this garbage.  We only add infrastructure to the
> kernel for what the kernel itself needs, not for weird out of tree
> infrastructure.

This isn't new, the kernel already has the infrastructure for building
out-of-tree modules.  It's widely used.  Are you suggesting we remove
it?  Good luck with that...

Either it should be supported, or not.  Make the case either way.  But I
can't understand why people are advocating to leave it half-broken.

-- 
Josh