Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:46:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:46:14 -0400 Received: from cttsv008.ctt.ne.jp ([210.166.4.137]:58243 "EHLO cttsv008.ctt.ne.jp") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:46:14 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Gabor Kerenyi To: Frank Schaefer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What compiler to use Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:43:24 +0900 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] In-Reply-To: <1020166388.417.9.camel@ADMIN> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200204302043.24504.wom@tateyama.hu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 30 April 2002 20:33, Frank Schaefer wrote: > I plan to build a linux box for kernel development (only). Which > compiler would you suggest me to use? > As of today I'm using gcc-2.95.3 on all my production machines. Is this > still the preferred compiler for kernel work, or should I change to > 3.0.x? I use 2.95.2 for the test machine and gcc-3.1 from cvs on the other. There's no problem. gcc-3.1 gives a bit more warning. (I use 3.1 at home also) but don't try to use gcc 3.2 because the kernel won't compile in some cases. Gabor - 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/