Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:21:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:21:40 -0400 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:43024 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:21:22 -0400 Subject: Re: kernel compiler To: mdiwan@wagweb.com (Frontgate Lab) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:28:22 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3BD8222C.E741D186@wagweb.com> from "Frontgate Lab" at Oct 25, 2001 10:31:08 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > What compiler do Alan Cox and Linus use to create the 2.4 series > kernels? Im using Red Hat 2.96-85 > I am currently using RedHat's compiler gcc-2.96-85 and have been told > not to do so because it "breaks things" . Generally ignore that story: 2.96-54 has problems, but not the later ones > The question would be .. how hard is it going to be for me to upgrade to > gcc 3 + and will i get any benefit from it? WillI loose any > advantages that i currently do have? Gcc 3.0 doesn't always build correct kernels. Its very much a .0 release - new infrastructure, the core to do far better thinga than gcc 2.* but not yet the actual results as the bugs all get kicked out > Or can i still get what i need from compiling 2.4.12 or 2.4.13 with the > compiler I have now? Yeah - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/