From: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
To: Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Developer <linux_developer@hotmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Recommended compiler? - Re: [patch] kernel/module.c (plus gratuitous rant)
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:49:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39FD7C4F.74D8DCCC@evision-ventures.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4309.972694843@ocs3.ocs-net> <20001029232347.D4EB081F9@halfway.linuxcare.com.au> <20001030050821.B9175@wire.cadcamlab.org> <OE43voFOAmEaJswFCHO000004ac@hotmail.com> <20001030055859.C9175@wire.cadcamlab.org>
Peter Samuelson wrote:
>
> > So which is the recommended compiler for each kernel version 2.2.x,
> > 2.4.x(pre?) nowadays?
>
> * 2.91.66 aka egcs 1.1.2. It has been officially blessed for 2.4 and
> has been given an informal thumbs-up by Alan for 2.2. (It does NOT
> work for 2.0, if you still care about that.)
>
> * 2.7.2.3 works for 2.2 (and 2.0) but NOT for 2.4.
>
> * 2.95.2 seems to work with both 2.2 and 2.4 (no known bugs, AFAIK) and
> many of us use it, but it is a little riskier than egcs.
>
> * Red Hat "2.96" or CVS 2.97 will probably break any known kernel.
Works fine for me and 2.4.0-test10-pre5... however there are tons of
preprocessor warnings in some drivers.
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <39F5830E.7963A935@uow.edu.au>
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010241353590.1743-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
2000-10-27 17:45 ` [patch] kernel/module.c (plus gratuitous rant) Pavel Machek
2000-10-27 20:40 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-10-27 21:12 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-27 20:46 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-28 1:00 ` Keith Owens
2000-10-28 11:15 ` Dominik Kubla
2000-10-29 0:27 ` Richard Henderson
2000-10-29 15:09 ` Dominik Kubla
2000-10-30 11:05 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-10-30 18:50 ` Richard Henderson
2000-10-29 23:23 ` Rusty Russell
2000-10-30 11:08 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-10-30 11:19 ` Recommended compiler? - " Linux Kernel Developer
2000-10-30 11:58 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-10-30 13:49 ` Martin Dalecki [this message]
2000-10-30 20:50 ` Horst von Brand
2000-10-30 22:02 ` Jakub Jelinek
2000-10-31 10:27 ` Martin Dalecki
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