[$] An update on BPF generation from GCC

The generation of binary code for the kernel's BPF virtual machine has been
limited to the Clang compiler since the beginning; even developers who
use GCC to build kernels must use Clang to compile to BPF.  Work has
been underway for some years on adding a BPF backend to GCC as well; the
developers involved ran a session at the https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2024
 to
provide an update on that project.  It would seem that the BPF backend is
close to being ready for production use.

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