Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262343AbUKDSUK (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:20:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262319AbUKDSR5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:17:57 -0500 Received: from brown.brainfood.com ([146.82.138.61]:31367 "EHLO gradall.private.brainfood.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262349AbUKDSRV (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:17:21 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:17:01 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Heath X-X-Sender: adam@gradall.private.brainfood.com To: Chris Friesen cc: Chris Wedgwood , Christoph Hellwig , Timothy Miller , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: support of older compilers In-Reply-To: <418A603A.3030806@nortelnetworks.com> Message-ID: References: <41894779.10706@techsource.com> <20041103211353.GA24084@infradead.org> <20041103233029.GA16982@taniwha.stupidest.org> <418A603A.3030806@nortelnetworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 707 Lines: 19 On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Chris Friesen wrote: > Adam Heath wrote: > > > I didn't deny the speed difference of older and newer compilers. > > > > But why is this an issue when compiling a kernel? How often do you compile > > your kernel? > > You're posting to the kernel development list--many people here recompile dozens > of times a day. So find the fastest computer you have, and use that. There is no need to compile a kernel on the machine it will be run on. - 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/