> until just a couple of years ago it could not as it used a lot of GCC specific syntax Note that the kernel still uses a lot of GCC specific syntax; it's just

> until just a couple of years ago it could not as it used a lot of GCC specific syntax Note that the kernel still uses a lot of GCC specific syntax; it's just that LLVM/clang was laboriously made to understand all of that (with a few exceptions where the kernel was changed instead). And when they were almost done, the kernel started requiring another new GCC specific syntax, so they had to chase after that too.