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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:54:44 +0200 (CEST)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Jes Sorensen <jes@linuxcare.com>
cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.3-ac12
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On 22 Apr 2001, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> Alan> The recommended compilers for non x86 are different too - eg you
> Alan> need 2.96 gcc for IA64, you need 2.95 not egcs for mips and so
> Alan> on.
> 
> In principle you just need 2.7.2.3 for m68k, but someone decided to
> raise the bar for all architectures by putting a check in a common
> header file.

Late 2.3.x proved to be very unstable for user applications (daily cron always
segfaulted somewhere), until I upgraded from 2.7.2.3 to 2.95.2 from Debian.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

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