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Kernel compilation with gcc 3.3



On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 11:54:04PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> My previous, working configuration was:
> alsa-driver	0.9.2-2
> kernel		2.4.20 (evms, skas, and a small usbnet patch)
> 
> The broken configuration is:
> alsa-driver	0.9.4-1
> kernel		2.4.21 (evms, skas)
> 
> The particular code where the crash happens (resample_expand) lies in a
> module which has not changed in a long time.
> 
> This message:
> 
> http://lists.insecure.org/lists/linux-kernel/2003/Jun/4562.html
> 
> shows almost exactly the same stack trace in a 2.5.72 kernel, and says that
> it goes away if frame pointers are compiled into the kernel(?).

That message references a bug report:

http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=828

which says that gcc 3.3 causes this problem, and the submitter confirms that
backing down to gcc 3.2 fixes it.

CCing debian-gcc with hope for more information.  What is the safest Debian
compiler to use to build the kernel at this time?

-- 
 - mdz



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