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Re: gcc 3.1 fails to build Linux 2.4.7 kernel on i686-linux
- From: Toon Moene <toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl>
- To: Christoph Hellwig <hch at caldera dot de>
- Cc: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at attbi dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:55:18 +0100
- Subject: Re: gcc 3.1 fails to build Linux 2.4.7 kernel on i686-linux
- Organization: Moene Computational Physics, Maartensdijk, The Netherlands
- References: <20020316132243.A14480@attbi.com> <20020316203859.A8909@caldera.de>
Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Later 2.4 will compile better with gcc 3.1, but I strongly doubt it will
> ever become the recommend compiler for any Linux 2.4-series kernel.
Then how could the linux-2.4.0.tar.gz kernel source end up in the
release criteria of GCC-3.1 ?
See:
http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.1/criteria.html
If *we* don't try to certify the GCC-3.1 compiler for the Linux kernel -
who will ?
Qui custodiet ipsos custodes ?
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