Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932249AbWJ2Lo7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:44:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932252AbWJ2Lo7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:44:59 -0500 Received: from emailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.24]:42702 "EHLO emailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932249AbWJ2Lo6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:44:58 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:44:40 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Robert P. J. Day" cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: why test for "__GNUC__"? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 425 Lines: 15 > since (as i understand it) the linux kernel *requires* gcc these >days, what is the point of the numerous preprocessor tests of the >form: ICC is said to work too. -`J' -- - 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/