On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > yeah. doing that, but introducing known "to be removed" code bugs me. > > > > it's probably better than not getting the rest of the infrastructure > > in, though. > > It seems a small problem compared to having to answer all the questions > about why Linux tries to optimize for processor X when it's configured > for type Y. People just love tweaking compiler flags it seems - even if > not necessarily knowing all the consequences ... The recent updates to Makefiles should help a bit -- now at least you can give a short answer of: "Because you use outdated tools." Note there's a single trivial update still awaiting approval in this area (I can resend it, if it would help). -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available +
