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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Recommended compiler version
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 12:51:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3brk7pktz.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <218aB-15c-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (Francois Romieu's message of "Sat, 29 May 2004 11:20:09 +0200")

Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com> writes:

> The linux kernel README and Documentation/CHANGES suggests to use
> gcc 2.95.3. These files have not been updated for ages. Is there
> a rough consensus regarding the required versions of the different
> tools in the buildchain or should one simply submit a patch to remove
> the offending files ?

I would suggest to just remove them. We're past the state when each new
compiler version broke the kernel. Originally that was a lot due 
to buggy inline assembly etc., but that should be all fleshed out now.

> I forgot to mention: 2.95.3 does not compile correctly the 2.6.6 r8169
> driver.

Make it an #error then. Better a compile time error than a mysterious
malfunction.

-Andi


       reply	other threads:[~2004-05-29 10:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <218aB-15c-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-05-29 10:51 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2004-05-29 14:42 Recommended compiler version Dan Kegel
2004-05-29 23:55 ` Karim Yaghmour
2004-05-29 23:20   ` Dan Kegel
2004-05-30  0:40     ` Karim Yaghmour
2004-05-30  0:38   ` Karim Yaghmour
2004-05-30 10:37 ` John Bradford
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-05-29  9:16 Francois Romieu
2004-05-29  9:52 ` Francois Romieu
2004-05-29 13:30   ` John Bradford
2004-05-29 14:12     ` Francois Romieu
2004-05-29 14:31       ` Adrian Bunk
2004-05-29 14:57         ` John Bradford
2004-05-30  1:18           ` George Georgalis
2004-05-29 14:53       ` John Bradford
2004-05-29 16:58         ` Francois Romieu

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