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SubjectRe: 2.4.22pre8 hangs too (Re: 2.4.21-jam1, aic7xxx-6.2.36: solid hangs)
On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 10:19:51PM +0200, you [Adrian Bunk] wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 03:55:02PM +0300, Ville Herva wrote:
> >
> > 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 .

I'm surely aiming for stability, yeah ;).

2.96-85 produces a kernel that hangs (though it's not proven it's gcc's
fault) -- the one compiled with gcc-3.2.1-2 hasn't hung yet. I guess I
should at least use the latest errata version if I go with 2.96...


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