From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932153AbWFVQlk (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:41:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932541AbWFVQlk (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:41:40 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:11283 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932153AbWFVQlk (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:41:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:41:38 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Willy Tarreau Cc: Mikael Pettersson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 2.4.33-rc1] updated patch kit for gcc-4.1.1 Message-ID: <20060622164138.GI9111@stusta.de> References: <200606172052.k5HKq5IX002958@harpo.it.uu.se> <20060617213824.GE13255@w.ods.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060617213824.GE13255@w.ods.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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: > > > > > > Changes since the previously announced version of the patch kit > > : > > > > - 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 -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed