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Date:      Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21:21:50 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Alp Atici <aa878@columbia.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.x
Message-ID:  <3C4A53EE.B882356C@mindspring.com>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0201191709540.2959-100000@ciao.cc.columbia.edu>

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Alp Atici wrote:
> Is gcc 3.x going to be the default compiler starting from
> FBSD 5.x series? Is the development on current branch
> compiled using gcc 3.0 (or up)?

I think that the cut over will happen after the compiler
no longer core dumps on:

	main()
	{
		int i;

		i = foo();

		switch( i) {
		default:
			printf( "hello, stupid compiler!\n");
			break;
		}
	}

	int
	foo()
	{
		return( 6);
	}

> Is 5.x series going to be based on a preemptible kernel?

A multithreaded kernel.  Do ISRs count?

-- Terry

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