IBM Developerworks: "The Linux kernel uses several special capabilities of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) suite. These capabilities range from giving you shortcuts and simplifications to providing the compiler with hints for optimization. Discover some of these special GCC features and learn how to use them in the Linux kernel."

Linux Developer Network: "After we published the "Estimating the Total Development Cost of a Linux Distribution" whitepaper, out of curiosity I wondered where in the overall development history of the Linux kernel the $1 billion number was actually reached. There was also the desire to trace the history of Linux and monitor its growth. Here's what I came up with."

img class=face src=http://planet.ubuntu.com/heads/aanjhan.png alt= pLadies and Gentlemen, boys and girls!!!/p pIf you are still clueless as to what a href=http://foss.in/FOSS.IN/a is all about  (even after reading through this sentence) then it probably isn#8217;t for you img src=http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif alt=:-) class=wp-smiley / And the news is I will be saying #8220;Hola#8221;, #8220;Bonjour#8221;, #8220;Hi#8221;, #8220;Hallo#8221;, #8220;Nihao#8221;, #8220;Namaskara#8221;, #8220;Vanakkam#8221;, #8220;Namasthe#8221; to a lot of my friends this year too.  Apart from the #8220;scheduled#8221; talk on a href=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FedoraElectronicLab#8220;Fedora Electronics Laboratory#8221;/a on Friday (yes, my talks always coincide with a a href=http://foss.in/news/linux-kernel-hackers-gathering.htmlmore glamorous session/a *always*), I have planned to have some workouts (unofficial ones from those listed on the site). One such planned workout is the GNUSim8085 Workout./p pIf you are interested in taking part, please use a href=http://www.doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=tz7u7rfbnyikakm2this doodle link/a to give your preferred time and I will blog about the timings sometime around Sunday evening. The venue of the workout is most probably the terrace or corridor or some place which has a free power socket img src=http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif alt=:-P class=wp-smiley / .br / The Current agenda of the workout is as follows:/p ol liGet the Windows Version of the package released (long time pending and also means people with #8220;official#8221; laptops running Windows are welcome and wanted for testing)/li liFix lying around small bugs./li liBrainstorm on further development and maybe get a base framework done on one of a href=http://gnusim8085.wiki.sourceforge.net/Ideas_for_the_futurethese/a ideas./li /ol pLooking at the current state of things it could either happen on Wednesday or Thursday. This is just not it. Some Fedora and Debian work will also be done. Details in another blog. See you then./p pPS for Students: I believe this is a very apt small package to start contributing to Free software. You are the most welcome. This doesn#8217;t mean oldies are prohibited img src=http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif alt=:P class=wp-smiley / . /p

The Linux kernel uses several special capabilities of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) suite. These capabilities range from giving you shortcuts and simplifications to providing the compiler with hints for optimization. Discover some of these special GCC features and learn how to use them in the Linux kernel.

The Linux kernel uses several special capabilities of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) suite. These capabilities range from giving you shortcuts and simplifications to providing the compiler with hints for optimization. Discover some of these special GCC features and learn how to use them in the Linux kernel.