At 11:58 28-1-2002 +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:
Hi there,
I just read the following in the linux-kernel mailing list FAQ:
>What are the recommended compiler/binutils for building kernels?
>
>(REG) This depends on the kernel version. Until 26-OCT-2000, gcc 2.7.2.3 was
>the recommended compiler for all kernels. On this date, Linus announced that
>gcc 2.91.66 (aka egcs 1.1.2) is the recommended compiler for 2.4.x
kernels up
>to version 2.4.9. Gcc 2.95.3 is the recommended compiler for kernel
2.4.10 and
>later.
In the XFS FAQ it says "use egcs 1.1.2." But what if I would like to use
recent
2.4.x kernels with XFS? I guess you don't want me to compile the XFS stuff
with
egcs-1.1.2 and the rest of the kernel with gcc-2.95.3? ;-)
Use egcs 1.1.2 for production systems. This is the most tested compiler
with XFS. This was because the early gcc-2.96 version was problematic. It's
a lot better nowadays and XFS is a bit more friendly to other compilers
without eating your filesystem. But egcs 1.1.2 is still the most tested and
is what I still use for my production machines.
Cheers
--
Seth
Every program has two purposes one for which
it was written and another for which it wasn't
I use the last kind.
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