linux-kernel - Re: huge gcc 4.1.{0,1} _

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Message-Id: <20080501.155151.177031041.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 01 May 2008 15:51:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bunk@...nel.org,
	venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com, trini@...nel.crashing.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com
Subject: Re: huge gcc 4.1.{0,1} __weak problem

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 15:27:26 -0700 (PDT)

> So yes, we can distinguish 4.1.2 (good, and very common) from 4.1.{0,1} 
> (bad, and rather uncommon).
> 
> And yes, considering that 4.1.1 (and even more so 4.1.0) should be rare to 
> begin with, I think it's better to just not support it.

This is my impression as well.
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