Which egcs ?

[mike stump]

> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 00:23:58 -0300
> From: =?iso-8859-1?B?RnLpZOlyaWMgTC4gVy4=?= Meunier <0@pervalidus.net>
> To: mike stump <mrs@windriver.com>

> "COMPILING the kernel:

> - Make sure you have gcc-2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2) available. gcc 2.95.2
> may also work but is not as safe, and *gcc 2.7.2.3 is no longer
> supported*."

> What I want to know is what's the recommended (or most stable)
> release of egcs. 1.1.2 (egcs_1_1_2_release) or egcs_ss_19990913
> (egcs_latest_snapshot), or any other snapshot.

If the kernel people recommend 1.1.2, then 1.1.2 is what you should
use.  You can find that on the web site, or you can get it via
egcs_1_1_2_release and cvs.

> If 1.1.2, are that any problems fixed by patches ?

No.  If there were, the kernel folks would recommend them by name.