From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:22:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:22:44 -0400 Received: from tomts6.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.26]:40847 "EHLO tomts6-srv.bellnexxia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:22:35 -0400 To: Nerijus Baliunas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Re[4]: cannot copy files larger than 40 MB from CD In-Reply-To: <200108010004.CAA1062359@mail.takas.lt> From: Bill Pringlemeir Date: 01 Aug 2001 00:19:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: Nerijus Baliunas's message of "Wed, 1 Aug 2001 02:03:36 +0200 (EET)" Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing >>>>> "Nerijus" == Nerijus Baliunas 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