Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:48:55 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] Use -ffreestanding? (fwd) |
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 09:36:15AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >Hi Andrew, > > > >for the kernel, it would be logical to use -ffreestanding. The kernel is > >not a hosted environment with a standard C library. > > Note the GCC docs: > > Assert that compilation takes place in a freestanding environment. This > implies -fno-builtin. [...] > > This will break a lot of code, since there are many thing that depend upon GCC > builtin magic AFAICS. >...
Which code in the kernel is broken by this change?
Note that explicitely using a gcc builtin is still possible.
> Jan Engelhardt
cu Adrian
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