Re: Is the kernel compiler gcc by definition?
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
16 Oct 1998 13:51:25 GMT
Followup to: <19981015211153.B446@hal.rnl.ist.utl.pt>
By author: Carlos Morgado <l39801@alfa.ist.utl.pt>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 05:48:23PM -0400, RHS Linux User wrote:
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> > Is there a policy on what C constructs may be in the kernel?
> > Or is gcc the de-facto definition of what kind of code is allowed?
> > Or something else?
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> My believe is the standard de facto is Alan not gcc itself. Gcc is ANSI C
> compliant with some GNU extensions. Usually you can put any ANSI C
> constructs into the kernel.
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Incorrect. The kernel makes extensive use of gcc-specific constructs,
and hence cannot be compiled with a standard compiler.
-hpa
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