> Harald Koenig wrote:
> > On Jun 18, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > > >[eastep@eastep-3 eastep]$ cat /proc/version
> > > >Linux version 2.2.10 (eastep@eastep-3.mis.tandem.com) (gcc version
> > > >egcs-2.91.66
> > >
> > > Does the corruption go away if you use a compiler that is not known to
> > > miscompile the kernel, eg 2.7.2?
> >
> > I had at least two ext2fs corruptions plus two SIGSEGs due to bad bits
> > in binaries in buffer cache (emacs/mutt) and one full lockup,
> > all with 2.2.9/2.2.10 compiled with 2.7.2.3 (SuSE 6.1).
>
> My SuSE 6.1 compiles 2.2 kernels with egcs. Add -v2.7.2 or something
> like that to /usr/src/linux/Makefile for "CFLAGS". (For an example,
> take a peek in the 2.0.36 kernel sources that come with SuSE 6.1....)
I'm really using real gcc-2.7.2.3:
# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.3/specs
gcc version 2.7.2.3
Harald
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