Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ___ 2.0.34-pre11 (and pre16 too) /dev/mem broken??? | Date | Wed, 03 Jun 1998 14:44:44 -0500 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk> said: > >development glibc v2.1 releases requires gcc-2.8.1. :o( I don't really > >want to have to upgrade to gcc-2.8.1 in order to use glibc v2.1, when I > >have a perfectly good v2.7.2.3 compiler! Whose *insert your favourite > >expletive here* decision was this, and why?
> It wasn't a deliberate decision. 2.7.2.x has bugs that cause it to > miscompile the glibc code.
And kernels 2.0.xx have bugs that cause _them_ to be miscompiled by gcc-2.8.x/egcs ;-)
> You can install several different versions of gcc and select between them > with the -V switch. This may help you. Alternatively, 2.1 kernels seem > OK when compiled with gcc 2.8 or egcs.
I've been using egcs snapshots almost exclusively for some months now, compiling lots of 2.1.xx kernels with them (also much userland code) and had only minor problems (mostly due to the shakeout of the 2.0.xx bugs mentioned above). This here is currently linux-2.1.104-1, compiled with egcs-2.91.34 (ss 19980531), glibc-2.0.94 + a patch, binutils-2.9.1.0.6 on i586. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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