Re: GCC and EGCS
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 11:49:11PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your help. I also compile all my stuff on GCC 2.95.2
> without having any troubbles at anytime. I'm just wundering what the GREAT
>
> difference between the releases could be. I mean the language for example
> "C" doesn't change... But the changes are as big as the kernel wont
> compile on GCC 2.96? thats strange to me... I mean it's not important and
> doesn't stress me (hehehe) in anyway just strange...
The kernel uses alot of inline assembly. I think that where the
breakage occurs. The newer versions of gcc apparently are a bit more
strict about some operations...
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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