Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263971AbTE3UVY (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 May 2003 16:21:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263976AbTE3UVY (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 May 2003 16:21:24 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:3038 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263971AbTE3UVX (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 May 2003 16:21:23 -0400 Subject: Re: Problem Installing Linux Kernel Module compiled with gcc-3.2.x From: Alan Cox To: Joe Buck Cc: Bernd Jendrissek , Kendrick Hamilton , gcc@gcc.gnu.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030530120231.A1328@synopsys.com> References: <20030530192240.A7564@prism.co.za> <20030530103329.A848@synopsys.com> <20030530204332.C7564@prism.co.za> <20030530120231.A1328@synopsys.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1054323389.23566.56.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 30 May 2003 20:36:30 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2003-05-30 at 20:02, Joe Buck wrote: > > Between GCC 2.x and 3.x the *major* version changed (duh). I would > > imagine that people are/were (justifiably?) concerned that ABI's might > > have changed. From your response, I assume there are no ABI changes > > for C at least? I suppose a gratuitous ABI change would constitute a > > bug, though... > > There are no ABI changes for C. Not quite true but close. The padding in gcc 2.96 however is actually to work around a compiler bug - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/