On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 12:19, kelley eicher wrote:
> quick question here. [kernel-src]/Documentation/Changes and
> [kernel-src]/README say two different things about which version of gcc
> is recommended for the compiling of the linux kernel. README says egcs
> 1.1.2 and Documentation/Changes says to use gcc 2.95.3 or greater.
> is the last egcs release still the preferred or has that changed to the
> gcc 2.95.x releases?
Yes, Documentation/Changes is more correct. For i386, 2.95.[34] and
2.96-[>=85] work fine. GCC 3.0.3 should work too, though some drivers
have had difficulties and earlier 3.x releases generated some ICE's.
Other architectures may vary.
./README and ./Documentation/Changes need some trimming...
Regards,
Reid
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