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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.3-ac12
To: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King)
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 13:51:19 +0100 (BST)
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> On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 01:11:31PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > This is from Linus tree. You currently need gcc 2.96 or higher to build
> > the 2.4.x kernel. 
> 
> Which goes back to the old argument that 2.96 is a redhat-ism and not a
> real compiler.

I didnt say it was a good idea.. People want to build with egcs and especially
with 2.95.3

> Anyway, the work around is a trivial one that I've already posted to the
> list, including the necessary GCC version tests.  Additionally David
> Howells has posted a patch to remove the __builtin_expect stuff, so
> this is a non-issue now.

I've applied one of them to my tree already too.
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