Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 13:34:54 -0800 (PST)
From: David Ford <david AT killerlabs DOT com>
X-Sender: david AT Midnight DOT Hacking DOT in DOT the DOT land DOT of DOT Kalifornia DOT com
To: pgcc AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Kernel
In-Reply-To: <19990310172759.B29392@cerebro.laendle>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9903131333240.5561-100000@Midnight.Hacking.in.the.land.of.Kalifornia.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Reply-To: pgcc AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List: pgcc AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com
Precedence: bulk

On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> There aren't, the kernel (I assume you are talking about the linux-kernel)
> is broken (even version 2.2.3).
> 
> Linus Torvald does only support gcc-2.7.2, he does not support any current
> gcc, egcs or pgcc version.
> 
> Its not my fault, bug him, torvalds AT transmeta DOT com!

Can you be specific about precisely what is broken?  I've been using
egcs/pgcc on 2.1/2.2 kernels for a year with only the smallest of quick-fix
problems.  Yes I use optimisation and AMD/Pent specific flags.

-d
-- 
 This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows NT reboot!
  Do you remember how to -think- ? Do you remember how to experiment? Linux
__ is an operating system that brings back the fun and adventure in computing.
\/  for linux-kernel: please read linux/Documentation/* before posting problems