Re: [Qemu-devel] gccism's are ok?

[Anthony Liguori]

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
>
> Quick question:  Is it ok to use gcc-specific features in qemu?  Or will
> that break builds on some platform?
>
> Linux obviously is gcc, MacOS X too as far I know.  MinGW on Windows is
> gcc too.  Anything else we care about?
>
> I'm thinking especially about the constructor attribute.  That would
> allow to make drivers self-contained, by having a register() call in a
> small constructor function ...
>   

You'll have to post a patch.  I had discussed using GCC-isms to do the 
same thing with Paul Brook and at the time, he was not a big fan of it IIRC.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> cheers,
>   Gerd
>
>