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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: kernel compilation: pls send cc to me
To: joshk@ludicrus.ath.cx (Joshua M. Kwan)
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:38:35 +0000 (GMT)
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> The kernel is meant to be very portable anyway.

Not really.  The kernel is designed to compiled with a specific
compiler.  A GCC version other than the recommended version might
uncover bugs that should be fixed anyway, but it might also break
things that are worked around for the recommended GCC version.

John.
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