From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271378AbTG2KUn (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:20:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271379AbTG2KUn (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:20:43 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:32141 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271378AbTG2KUm (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:20:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:20:07 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: "J.A. Magallon" Cc: Kurt Wall , Luiz Capitulino , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6-test2: gcc-3.3.1 warning. Message-ID: <20030729102007.GC1286@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <1059396053.442.2.camel@lorien> <20030728225017.GJ32673@louise.pinerecords.com> <20030729002221.GD263@kurtwerks.com> <20030729045512.GM32673@louise.pinerecords.com> <20030729092857.GA28348@werewolf.able.es> <20030729093521.GA1286@louise.pinerecords.com> <20030729094820.GC28348@werewolf.able.es> <20030729095858.GB1286@louise.pinerecords.com> <20030729101126.GC29124@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030729101126.GC29124@werewolf.able.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > [jamagallon@able.es] > > > Does Mandrake also ship "stable" distributions w/ kernels compiled using > > gcc 3.3-whatever or is that idiocy suse-specific? > > Tell me a distro that ships pristine www.kernel.org kernels o release > gcc's, without any 'backported patch from xxx-1234 to correct PR1234'. Slackware (whenever possible). > What is the difference between backporting a patch from 3.3.1-pre to 3.3, > and using 3.3.1-pre directly ? Ah, that you get less bug corrected. Large. 3.3 is a development series. It DOES introduce new stuff. In production environments you definitely want to stick with 3.2.3 or (better yet) 2.95.3. $ head -4 Makefile VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 4 SUBLEVEL = 22 EXTRAVERSION = -pre8 $ grep 'recommended compiler' Documentation/Changes The recommended compiler for the kernel is gcc 2.95.x (x >= 3), and it > And no, at least in my case, this is not a stable Mandrake, it is Cooker, > the equivalent of RawHide. Latest stable shiped a kernel built with 3.2.3, Ok. -- Tomas Szepe