Re: recommended gcc compiler version
Just pointing out that maybe, we'll want to have an egcs 1.1.2 package
just like we have a gcc 2.7.2 package.
On linux-kernel,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) wrote on 22.12.00 in <E149NvR-0004Kz-00@the-village.bc.nu>:
> For i386
>
> 2.2.18
> gcc 2.7.2 or egcs-1.1.2
> gcc 2.95 and current Red Hat 2.96 both seem to generate valid kernels
> but are not recommended (insufficient testing)
>
> 2.4.0test
> egcs-1.1.2
> (gcc 2.95 miscompiles some of the long long uses)
> Red Hat's 2.96 seems to generate valid kernels but don't expect
> sympathy if you report a bug in one built that way
MfG Kai
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