Re: gcc and 2.6 kernel

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Kasper Dupont whispered secretively:
> Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>
>> Which is the best gcc version to compile the 2.6 kernel with?
>
> Documentation/Changes

That info is *grossly* outdated, and outright wrong for numerous
architectures. In practice, for i386 and recent 2.6 kernels, any version
from 2.95 up to 4.0 is likely to work (skipping GCC 4.0.0 and 3.0.x
where x<4 because they had serious bugs which the kernel tripped).

For x86-64, GCC 3.4 and 4.0 (and the hammer branch of 3.3) are the only
GCCs you can expect to work.

For SPARC64, GCC 3.4 and above should work; GCC 3.2 and 3.3 might work;
and before that you have to use a horrible short-term hack dated 1997
whose name I forget (but I think the UltraLinux FAQ still refers to).

The requirements for other arches differ again.


Regardless, 3.4 seems to be a pretty safe bet right now.

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