Re: [patch 2.4.33-rc1] updated patch kit for gcc-4.1.1

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 11:38:24PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Hi Mikael,
> 
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 10:52:05PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > An updated patch kit allowing gcc-4.1.1 to compile the 2.4.33-rc1 kernel is now available:
> > <http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.4/patch-gcc4-fixes-v15-2.4.33-rc1>
> > 
> > Changes since the previously announced version of the patch kit
> > <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114149697417107&w=2>:
> > 
> > - Merged the fixes for gcc-4.1 into the baseline patch kit for gcc-4.0.
> > - I previously reported that gcc-4.1.0 built ppc32 kernels that oopsed
> >   in shrink_dcache_parent(). gcc-4.1.1 fixed this issue.
> > - The architectures known to work in kernel 2.4.33-rc1 + this patch kit
> >   with gcc-4.1.1 and gcc-4.0.3 are i386, x86-64, and ppc32.
> 
> Thanks for still maintaining this patchset. I sometimes have coworkers
> complain that they cannot build 2.4 anymore because they have let their
> distro automatically upgarde gcc to 4.x. I will be able to point your

Which distribution does both support kernel 2.4 and no longer ship a 
compiler capable of compiling kernel 2.4?

> site to them. I was also thinking about updating my page on "linux
> kernel useful patches" with this last update, but noticed you still have
> a "patch-more-gcc4-fixes" file. Is it absolutely needed or just a cleanup ?
> 
> > /Mikael
> 
> Regards,
> Willy

cu
Adrian

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