Re: Has anyone had problems with GCC 4.0 and the kernel?

[Adrian Bunk]

On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 10:20:12PM +0100, Nick Warne wrote:
> > The 2.4 kernels need fair amounts of patching,
> > 99% of which is to prevent compile-time errors. These patches
> > are not yet merged into the standard 2.4 tree and may never be.
> 
> So does this mean GCC 4.x is a no-go for people still using kernel 2.4.x?

AFAIR Mikael wanted to provide his patches for compiling kernel 2.4 with 
gcc 4.0 somewhere.

But they will most likely never go into into the official 2.4 kernel.

> Nick

cu
Adrian

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