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From: Bill Pringlemeir <bpringle@sympatico.ca>
To: Nerijus Baliunas <nerijus@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re[4]: cannot copy files larger than 40 MB from CD
Date: 01 Aug 2001 00:19:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2elqwtnt1.fsf@sympatico.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0107311656420.10245-100000@linux.local> <200108010004.CAA1062359@mail.takas.lt>
In-Reply-To: Nerijus Baliunas's message of "Wed, 1 Aug 2001 02:03:36 +0200 (EET)"

>>>>> "Nerijus" == Nerijus Baliunas <nerijus@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
[snip]
 Nerijus> As I remember Alan said recent 2.4 kernels should be
 Nerijus> compiled with gcc 2.95 or 2.96 (preferably?).

Huh?  Might I recommend this (or some variant)?

bb,
Bill Pringlemeir

--- /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes	Wed Jun 27 16:37:05 2001
+++ Changes.new	Wed Aug  1 00:12:53 2001
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@
 necessarily to users of other CPUs. Users of other CPUs should obtain
 information about their gcc version requirements from another source.
 
-The recommended compiler for the kernel is egcs 1.1.2 (gcc 2.91.66), and it
-should be used when you need absolute stability. You may use gcc 2.95.x
-instead if you wish, although it may cause problems. Later versions of gcc
+The recommended compiler for the kernel is gcc 2.95.x. Later versions of gcc
 have not received much testing for Linux kernel compilation, and there are
 almost certainly bugs (mainly, but not exclusively, in the kernel) that
 will need to be fixed in order to use these compilers. In any case, using



  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-08-01  4:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-31 22:37 cannot copy files larger than 40 MB from CD Nerijus Baliunas
     [not found] ` <20010801012719.A11060@win.tue.nl>
2001-07-31 23:44   ` Re[2]: " Nerijus Baliunas
2001-07-31 23:58     ` Chris Vandomelen
2001-08-01  0:03       ` Re[4]: " Nerijus Baliunas
2001-08-01  0:17         ` Chris Vandomelen
2001-08-01  0:25           ` Re[6]: " Nerijus Baliunas
2001-08-01  8:55             ` bvermeul
2001-08-01  4:19         ` Bill Pringlemeir [this message]
2001-08-02 15:14       ` Re[2]: " Alan Cox
2001-08-02 15:19         ` David Weinehall
2001-08-02 16:05         ` Hugh Dickins
2001-08-03  8:15         ` bvermeul

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