Re: Time to remove old gcc support

Jacek Zapala (jacek@deuter.im.pw.edu.pl)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 17:02:58 +0200 (MET DST)


On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, Andrew C. Esh wrote:

> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Well, Alan Cox has reported that GCC 2.5.8 generates incorrect code
> > for the networking stuff. That means people will try to compile the
> > kernel with it, and get bitten by bugs later. Doesn't seem very
> > stable to me.
> >
> > -hpa
>
> Can't we have the make check the compiler version, and fail if it's too old?
>

I'm using gcc 2.5.8 and apart missing "bad_user_access_length" in ksyms.c
I don't see any problems.

Jacek Zapala