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Re: Kernel compilation with gcc 3.3



Matt Zimmerman writes:
> 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?

looking at the kernel package you see still gcc-2.95 referenced, but
this seems to be valid for i386 only.



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