> Is it possible that compiling the kernel with pgcc instead of gcc
> actually makes for a more stable kernel? I don't know enough about the
> kernel, or about gcc/pgcc to judge, so I throw it open to the massed
> wisdom of linux-kernel for an answer...
>
> Any information appreciated...
>
> [*] solid lockups, no oops, no console switching, no SysRq
I've compiled everything on my system with pgcc and I have did not see the
lockups you described (I had some other ones, caused by
update+cron+vfat)..
BTW- PGCCing the kernel improves byte-bench by a few percent..