[YBA] kernel compile errors with GCC >= 4.6

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Apr 5, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote:
>
> I think that it would be best if kernels were released with the list  
> of compiler types and versions under which they were tested before  
> release. It is not useful to pretend that there is no necessary  
> connection between particular GCC versions and particular kernel  
> versions. The compiler is in fact a part of the running kernel.


Around 2000, Intel went into the business of selling Linux compilers.  
You could use them free (as in beer, not FOSS) for personal use.

Their C compiler had special code in it to detect that you were  
compiling a Linux Kernel and it reproduced the bugs in GCC to match  
it. :-)

Geoff.
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