> Taral,
>
> > 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.
i'm not sure about stock gcc 2.8.1, but egcs-1.0.3 and a very recent pgcc
snapshot compile both just fine here.
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