svn commit: r202628 - in head: . sys/amd64/amd64 sys/i386/i386 sys/i386/xen sys/sys

[Scott Long]

On Jan 19, 2010, at 8:31 AM, Ed Schouten wrote:
> Author: ed
> Date: Tue Jan 19 15:31:18 2010
> New Revision: 202628
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/202628
>
> Log:
>  Recommit r193732:
>
>    Remove __gnu89_inline.
>
>    Now that we use C99 almost everywhere, just use C99-style in the  
> pmap
>    code. Since the pmap code is the only consumer of __gnu89_inline,  
> remove
>    it from cdefs.h as well. Because the flag was only introduced 17  
> months
>    ago, I don't expect any problems.
>
>    Reviewed by:    alc
>
>  It was backed out, because it prevented us from building kernels  
> using a
>  7.x compiler. Now that most people use 8.x, there is nothing that  
> holds
>  us back. Even if people run 7.x, they should be able to build a  
> kernel
>  if they run `make kernel-toolchain' or `make buildworld' first.

Ok, so you've broken a legitimate piece of compatibility.  What's the  
gain?

Scott