Re: Possible GCC contamination of Linux

Lauri Tischler (lauri.tischler@efore.fi)
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 13:50:43 +0300

Marc Espie wrote:
>
> Update your sources. egcs has been folded into gcc quite a few months ago,
> and gcc 2.95.1 is fairly stable, about on a par with 2.7.2 or 2.8.1 (not the
> same bugs, better code quality).

You're testing your luck with 2.95.1.
I had two boxes, AMD K2-450 and old 486/66
Compiled kernels with 2.95.1 with same config in both boxes.
kernel would run fine on AMD but panic on 486.
recompiled kernel for 486 with 2.7.2 and it runs just fine.

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