Re: Is the kernel compiler gcc by definition?

Carlos Morgado (l39801@alfa.ist.utl.pt)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:13:13 +0100


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On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 09:11:53PM +0100, Carlos Morgado wrote:
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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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[snip]

Obviously I didn't mean Alan but Linus there. it should read "the standard
de facto is Linus".

But has Alan as pointed out to me there is a
linux/Documentation/CodindStyle.

[gezz ... as my brain swaped out ?]

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