[PATCH] compile with -ffreestanding
For the kernel, it would be logical to use -ffreestanding. The kernel is not a hosted environment with a standard C library. The gcc option -ffreestanding is supported by both gcc 2.95 and 3.4, which covers the whole range of currently supported compilers. Regarding changes caused by this patch: Andi Kleen reported: Newer gcc rewrites sprintf(buf,"%s",str) to strcpy(buf,str) transparently. This is only true with unit-at-a-time (disabled on i386 but enabled on x86_64). The Linux kernel doesn't offer a standard C library, and such transparent replacements of kernel functions with builtins are quite fragile. Even with -ffreestanding, it's still possilble to explicitely use a gcc builtin if desired. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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