Re: question cross-compiler

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Brian Murphy wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> 
> >>and this toolchain I have been told will not compile the
> >>kernel - see linux-mips.org where they use (a very old) egcs 1.1.2.
> >
> >The reason for the use of egcs 1.1.2 is not the incapability of newer
> >compilers. The MIPS kernel maintainer prefers it due to higher compilation
> >speed, and works around its bugs.
> 
> Why doesn't someone fix the newer compilers then instead of using
> something so old as egcs 1.1.2?

'Fixing' the inferior compilation speed of newer gcc is much work, and
a stated goal of gcc development btw.


Thieom