safest verion of gcc to use?

safest verion of gcc to use?

[kelley eicher]

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hi,

quick question here. [kernel-src]/Documentation/Changes and
[kernel-src]/README say two different things about which version of gcc
is recommended for the compiling of the linux kernel. README says egcs
1.1.2 and Documentation/Changes says to use gcc 2.95.3 or greater.
is the last egcs release still the preferred or has that changed to the
gcc 2.95.x releases?

i assume that README is outdated and should not mention a version of gcc
at all for compilation of the src. it seems that README instructs the user
to refer to Documentation/Changes for the latest info but makes it confusing
by stating, "Make sure you have gcc-2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2) available."

-kelley 


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Re: safest verion of gcc to use?

[Reid Hekman]

On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 12:19, kelley eicher wrote:
> quick question here. [kernel-src]/Documentation/Changes and
> [kernel-src]/README say two different things about which version of gcc
> is recommended for the compiling of the linux kernel. README says egcs
> 1.1.2 and Documentation/Changes says to use gcc 2.95.3 or greater.
> is the last egcs release still the preferred or has that changed to the
> gcc 2.95.x releases?

Yes, Documentation/Changes is more correct. For i386, 2.95.[34] and
2.96-[>=85] work fine. GCC 3.0.3 should work too, though some drivers
have had difficulties and earlier 3.x releases generated some ICE's.
Other architectures may vary.

./README and ./Documentation/Changes need some trimming...

Regards,
Reid

Re: safest verion of gcc to use?

[Wakko Warner]

> Yes, Documentation/Changes is more correct. For i386, 2.95.[34] and
> 2.96-[>=85] work fine. GCC 3.0.3 should work too, though some drivers
> have had difficulties and earlier 3.x releases generated some ICE's.
> Other architectures may vary.

IMO, gcc 3.0.3 shouldn't be used (atleast on alpha platforms).  I tried it
and I got nothing but ecc errors all over the console

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