Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:20:47 -0400 | From | Jakub Jelinek <> |
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On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 05:42:59PM +0200, Mads Martin Joergensen wrote: > * Timur Tabi <ttabi@interactivesi.com> [Sep 26. 2000 17:36]: > > > Maybe this can be fixed for 2.96, but it breaks badly elsewhere (doesn't > > > compile; kernel builds but hangs/crashes at boot; kernel appears to work > > > fine while it is busy eating your disk; ...) > > > > Why is 2.96 so screwed up? I mean, the version numbers imply that 2.96 is a > > minor bugfix over 2.95, but your comments make it sound like it's a major > > change. > > Maybe because gcc 2.96 have not been released yet, and therefore not is > bugfree yet?
Have you actually seen a bugfree compiler? I don't expect to ever seen any. Anyway, this is more about 2.2 kernels relying on certain things which 2.96 might no longer guarantee because of some optimizations. E.g. 2.96 compiled 2.4.0-testx kernels work pretty well on ia32, sparc64, alpha and ia64 AFAIK.
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