On Thu, 03 May 2001 22:57:41 +1000, you wrote:
>On 03 May 2001 14:41:22 +0200,
>"redhat.angus" <redhat.angus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> egcs-2.91.66 (= kgcc) is recomended. see the linux-xfs makefile.
>>
>>Can somebody of SGI confirm ? That I do not use any more gcc-2.96RH to
>>compile kernel-2.4-xfs.
>
>gcc 2.96 is not an official release, it is a RedHat special. 2.96 does
>not correctly compile the kernel, even without XFS.
I am sure that this will come as a surprise to Red Hat, who are
shipping Red Hat 7.1 with a kernel compiled with gcc 2.96
The kernel issue was with kernels 2.2 and before, which had incorrect
code in them that previous versions of gcc would accept. With the
move to 2.4, this issue is gone.
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