Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Aug 2003 22:19:51 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.22pre8 hangs too (Re: 2.4.21-jam1, aic7xxx-6.2.36: solid hangs) |
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On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 03:55:02PM +0300, Ville Herva wrote: >... > Ok, the kernel compiled with gcc version 3.2.1 20021207 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 > 3.2.1-2) has now been up for more than a week. It seems stable, but I'm not > sure yet. > > Which brings me to the question: which gcc version is considered most stable > for compiling 2.4.x these days? >... > This seems to suggest 2.96-85 would be more stable than gcc-3.2.1-2. Is this > the case? >...
2.95.3 and the (unofficial) 2.96 are the best compilers for 2.4 .
In most cases 3.2.1 will give you a working kernel, but if you need maximum stablity don't use gcc 3.x for compiling kernel 2.4 .
cu Adrian
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