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Re: Why only Linux uses GCC to compile the source code. please help


The Linux kernel and GCC are tightly bound.  GNU Extensions are
explicitly allowed in the Linux kernel.  For example, see

http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/unreliable-guides/kernel-hacking/conventions-gnu-extns.html

Regards,
Scott


Mahadev K Cholachagudda writes:
> 
> Hi to all,
> 
> Please include ****mailto:mahadev_kc@yahoo.com ***** in the reply list
> ******as i am not a member of the list******.
> 
> After i am going through the some part of the linux code, i wrote the
> following. Please review it and if you have any additions/modifications or
> comments please let me know.
> 
> Your help is really needed.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Mahadev K Cholachagudda
> 
> 
> The document is as below.
> 
> Introduction:
> 
> This document describes about the features of gcc which are very much
> necessary to compile the Linux and also about the features that an 'x'
> compiler does not have if used to compile the Linux.

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