Re: Possible GCC contamination of Linux

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 14:36:35 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Artur Skawina wrote:

> I Lee Hetherington wrote:
> >
> > If you build gcc with -march=i686, then your libgcc.a will have cmov in
> > it. Mine does, but I went out of my way to optimize gcc for i686 since
> > that is all I use. Even if you later use -march=i386, you are stuck
> > with cmov in your libgcc.a.
>
> Yes, but libgcc.a shouldn't be ending up in the kernel, at least not
> on ia32.

Yes. I think it should be compiled with no built-ins. Only kernel
source should generate kernel code. Maybe Linus, when he returns,
will make a definitive decision.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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