Re: support of older compilers

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:50:38 CST, Adam Heath said:

> I didn't deny the speed difference of older and newer compilers.
> 
> But why is this an issue when compiling a kernel?  How often do you compile
> your kernel?

If you're working on older hardware (note the number of people on this
list still using 500mz Pentium3 and similar), and a kernel developer, the
difference between 2 hours to build a kernel and 4 hours to build a
kernel matters quite a bit.

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