While LLVM Clang is increasingly being used by developers and organizations to build mainline Linux kernels, it seems to be forgetting that as a complement to the long-dominant GCC compiler target, Intel’s ICC compiler can also Used to build Linux kernels (though not widely used). Because of this, the kernel developers are now considering removing support for the ICC compiler. Linux developer Masahiro Yamada…

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