Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:01:45 -0400 | From | Kurt Wall <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] remove support for gcc < 3.2 |
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On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 12:26:07AM +0200, Adrian Bunk took 109 lines to write: > This patch removes support for gcc < 3.2 . > > The advantages are: > - reducing the number of supported gcc versions from 8 to 4 [1] > allows the removal of several #ifdef's and workarounds > - my impression is that the older compilers are only rarely > used, so miscompilations of a driver with an old gcc might > not be detected for a longer amount of time > > My personal opinion about the time and space a compilation requires is > that this is no longer that much of a problem for modern hardware, and > in the worst case you can compile the kernels for older machines on more > recent machines.
Environments that require kernel compilation, often multiple times, testing, benefit from shorter compile times. It can be the difference between, say, completing a test suite overnight instead of having to wait until tomorrow afternoon. Keeping 2.95, at least, has some value in such environments.
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