Re: egcs 1.1.2 for kernel compilation
Steve Kowalik <stevenk@hasnolife.com> writes:
> At 10:04 am, Tuesday, October 9 2001, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) mumbled:
> > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 12:36:27 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > > Has anybody packaged egcs 1.1.2 for kernel compilation?
> >
> > I did some work on it, but abandoned it as I've encountered no problems with
> > 2.95.x in my configurations. There's a diff at
> > http://www.cistron.nl/~jhm/egcs_1.1.2-0.diff.gz
> >
> > > It's still the official compiler for the Linux kernel,
> >
> FUD.
Are you sure?
>From the kernel README:
| COMPILING the kernel:
|
| - Make sure you have gcc-2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2) available. gcc 2.95.2 may
| also work but is not as safe, and *gcc 2.7.2.3 is no longer supported*.
| Also remember to upgrade your binutils package (for as/ld/nm and company)
| if necessary. For more information, refer to ./Documentation/Changes.
People using XFS have triggered code generation errors in
GCC 2.95.x, I've read.
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