>From: "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> This doesn't mean it is buggy at all.
>>
>> Isn't this the compiler which won't build a working kernel?
>Yes, and the reason for that for the 1000'th time to all you
>blind people is that the *KERNEL*, read that once again, the
>*KERNEL* is *BUGGY* and as a result, the STABLE kernel Red Hat
>ships, will not compile the kernel due to *KERNEL* bugs. This is
>the OFFICIAL Linus response on the issue. Go read and then come
>back without the FUD.
One big problem with the Linux kernel is that it depends on transient
nonstandard features of gcc.
As the asm statement of gcc is one of these transient nonstandard
features used in the Linux kernel, you cannot compile old Linux versions
with a new gcc and vice versa....
J�rg
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