gcc 3.1 fails to build Linux 2.4.7 kernel on i686-linux

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 01:22:43PM -0500, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think it is pretty important for people to test the compilation 
> of the Linux kernel with gcc 3.1.
> 
> I tried to compile the Linux 2.4.7 source rpm from Red Hat on my
> i686-linux machine,

You are not supposed to compile Linux kernels with random gcc versions.
As a very complex and optimized software project Linux is dependand on
assumptions that my change from gcc version to gcc version.  Also Linux
frequently triggers bugs in gcc developer and early stable versions.

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.

	Christoph