Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:49:03 +0100 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: Recommended compiler? - Re: [patch] kernel/module.c (plus gratuitous rant) |
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Peter Samuelson wrote: > > > So which is the recommended compiler for each kernel version 2.2.x, > > 2.4.x(pre?) nowadays? > > * 2.91.66 aka egcs 1.1.2. It has been officially blessed for 2.4 and > has been given an informal thumbs-up by Alan for 2.2. (It does NOT > work for 2.0, if you still care about that.) > > * 2.7.2.3 works for 2.2 (and 2.0) but NOT for 2.4. > > * 2.95.2 seems to work with both 2.2 and 2.4 (no known bugs, AFAIK) and > many of us use it, but it is a little riskier than egcs. > > * Red Hat "2.96" or CVS 2.97 will probably break any known kernel.
Works fine for me and 2.4.0-test10-pre5... however there are tons of preprocessor warnings in some drivers. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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