Messages in this thread | | | From | "Barry K. Nathan" <> | Subject | Re: recommended gcc compiler version | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2000 23:00:46 -0800 (PST) |
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Robert B. Easter wrote: > This is a newbie question, but what are the recommended gcc compiler versions > for compiling,
This is discussed in the Documentation/Changes file, in a given kernel's source. Brief summaries follow (which assume you're using an x86 CPU).
> Linux 2.2.18?
gcc 2.7.2.3 is safest, but egcs 1.1.2 should be safe even for mission-critical stuff. gcc 2.95.2 seems to work for many people, but isn't necessarily safe.
> Linux 2.4.0?
egcs 1.1.2 is the safe choice, but gcc 2.95.2 seems to work. gcc 2.7.2.3 miscompiles 2.4 more often than not, so 2.4 has a preprocessor check that stops any attempts to compile it with 2.7.2.3.
-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>
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