Re: schedule() "spaghetti" in 2.3.2 ..

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
Tue, 18 May 1999 13:54:30 +0200


On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 12:56:26PM +0200, Robert Boermans wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> >
> > But currently Linux kernel has to work with existing compilers, which
> > means 2.7.2.
> >
> > -Andi
>
> Wouldn't 2.3 be a really good place to switch to a newer compiler? there
> have been two releases
> of egcs since 2.7.2. (compared to kernels it is like asking people to
> use 1.2, after all egcs IS
> the new gcc now, even officially). I don't remember sticking to a
> compiler this long before,
> AFAIK we just used the most recent gcc until gcc 2.7.2 came around.

Even the newest egcs cannot move the blocks out of line.

-Andi

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