Gerald Henriksen wrote:
>
> 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.
See http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-2.96.html. So why would ANYBODY
use 2.96?
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