From: Jes Sorensen <jes@linuxcare.com>
To: rml@ufl.edu
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [WEIRD] working kernel off RH7's gcc-2.96!?
Date: 21 Nov 2000 15:57:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d33dglbcg0.fsf@lxplus015.cern.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <974783952.3a1a05d0c4840@webmail.ufl.edu>
In-Reply-To: rml@ufl.edu's message of "Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:19:12 -0500"
>>>>> "Robert" == rml <rml@ufl.edu> writes:
Robert> i dont want to revisit the flame fest (at all, please) but it
Robert> seems i have been using a kernel that successfully compiled
Robert> under RedHat 7's gcc snapshot (2.96). i normally use
Robert> gcc-2.91.66 for everything (mv kgcc gcc) but just synced my
Robert> system with rawhide, so the gcc/kgcc pair is back on my system
Robert> and i forgot. so i recompiled to test11 yesterday, and:
[snip]
Robert> the odd thing is, not only did it compile, but my machine has
Robert> been up for a day with heavy use in X with a full-featured
Robert> kernel! not only no OOPSs, but no bugs!
Just keep in mind that 'seems to run fine' doesn't clearly show cases
like something in the signal handling code got miscompiled for a
special case or a bit error in the file system code. You could be
lucky, it might also show itself as more frequent crashes later etc.
Jes
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2000-11-21 5:19 [WEIRD] working kernel off RH7's gcc-2.96!? rml
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