> What exactly prevents us from using gcc 2.8.1 to compile the kernel? I
keep
> seeing stuff like "we can't compile <insert patch here> under gcc
2.7.2.3."
If I'm not mistaken, it's because gcc 2.8.1 (aka egcs 1.0.3) tries
optimizations that don't work with 2.0.x kernels. It does work on the
2.1.x kernels AFAIK.
Matthew D. Pitts
mpitts@suite224.net
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