Re: [PATCH] check_gcc for i386

[Andre Tomt]

J.A. Magallon wrote:

> On 08.30, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Here goes -pre2. It contains an USB update, PPC merge, m68k merge, IDE
> > changes from Alan, network drivers update from Jeff, amongst other fixes
> > and updates.
>
>
> New try...
> Plz, could you include this on your queue ?

This can be a potentially harmful change, suddenly exposing compiler 
bugs and other compiler related problems in the kernel code we have not 
yet seen. On one side, these bugs _should_ get fixed, on the other side, 
we might not find them all before release. Also, the pentium3 and 
pentium4 options have been known to compile for example bad SSE code in 
some gcc versions, something that's giving me a feeling those gcc 
options may be a little immature to use for a stable kernel series.

In my opinion, of course.

--
Cheers,
André Tomt
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