Question about gcc-3.3.3 and __attribute__ usage

[Tom Williams <tomdkat@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!  I'm running gcc-3.3.3 on a Slackware 8-based Linux system running 
the 2.6.3 Linux kernel and glibc-2.3.2.  I'm trying to build 
wine-20040213 and I'm having compile problems because the 
/usr/include/asm/byteorder.h header file uses an __attribute__ syntax 
which doesn't seem to be documented in the gcc manual:

#ifdef __GNUC__

/* For avoiding bswap on i386 */
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/config.h>
#endif

static __inline__ __attribute_const__ __u32 ___arch__swab32(__u32 x)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_BSWAP

[snip]


Apparently, the Linux 2.6 kernel headers were changed to use 
__attribute_const__ syntax instead of __attribute__((const)):

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0401.2/0935.html


This is causing others grief as they try to compile various apps:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0402.2/1989.html


My question is this:  will gcc be changed to support the 
__attribute_const__ (or similar kinds of) syntax or is the above 
described change incorrect syntax?

Here is the section of the manual discussing the 
__attribute__((attribute-list)) syntax:

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.3/gcc/Attribute-Syntax.html#Attribute%20Syntax

Thanks in advance for your time.  :)

Peace...

Tom