gcc version for kernel compilation

[Ori Idan]

Rob Landley wrote:

>On Friday 16 December 2005 03:56, Will Newton wrote:
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>>On 12/16/05, Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw at lug-owl.de> wrote:
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>>>Some days ago, 2.95.x was somewhat abondoned, so new features _only_
>>>supported by newer GCC versions are okay to use right now, without
>>>checking.
>>>      
>>>
>>Is this an official position of the uClibc project? I am still using
>>gcc 2.95.2 with no problems BTW.
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>No, it's a linux-kernel issue.  Covered here:
>http://kerneltrap.org/node/5974
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>Rob
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I thought it is a linux-kernel issue, I asked this question here as I
thought I would get inputs from people using GCC 3.x for kernel compilation.


I recall that in kernel 2.4 it was advised to use GCC 2.95.x (x > 3) for
kernel compilation.


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Ori Idan