GCC status on Woody?

[Roy Bixler <rcb@ucp.uchicago.edu>]

I've heard that only gcc version == egcs-2.92.11 or gcc versions >=
3.1 are suitable for compiling the kernel.  I have been trying to use
a more recent gcc version, but, to my surprise, I found that the
versions >= 3.1 included with sid do not support 64-bit compilation.
The gcc-3.0 supports 64-bit compilation but I don't have much
confidence in that version.  Does anyone know when 64-bit mode will be
supported in the recent gcc versions that are "blessed" for kernel
compilation?

Thanks,

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Roy Bixler
rcb@ucp.uchicago.edu