[ltp] .config file needed for T40p

Brad Langhorst linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:03:00 -0400


On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 13:00, chris gavin wrote:
> why shouldnt he use a new gcc? 3.2.3 is stable now ... 
> 
> 2.95 is very old indeed!
because the kernel says don't compile this with anything but 2.95 if you
want a stable system...

this is from 
Documentation/Changes in the kernel tree

> The recommended compiler for the kernel is gcc 2.95.x (x >= 3), and it
> should be used when you need absolute stability. You may use gcc 3.0.x
> instead if you wish, although it may cause problems. Later versions of
> gcc
> have not received much testing for Linux kernel compilation, and there
> are
> almost certainly bugs (mainly, but not exclusively, in the kernel)
> that
> will need to be fixed in order to use these compilers.

I've compiled with 3.2 and it works - but i saw some wierd oops
and some complex (read random) compile failures.

brad