Re: 2.2.15, eepro100, possibly gcc-related?

From: Kamlesh Bans (kbans@corsair.com)
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 20:01:15 EDT

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    >Hello,
    >On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 01:25:34PM +0200, I wrote:

    >> Now I thought of something: Debian-frozen's gcc is 2.95.2, and kernels
    >> used not to support versions other than 2.7.2.3. Has there been a change
    >> in that policy? Should I try building with the older gcc?

    >Well, I have rebuilt a 2.2.15 kernel + eepro100.c revision 1.20.2.5 with
    >gcc 2.7.2.3 and haven't yet been able to reproduce the problem (38 reboots
    >today). What do you think? Does anybody compile his kernels with the
    >latest versions of gcc?

    >Thank you,
    >Cedric Ware.

    Cedric,

    FWIT, I have been using Debian frozen with a 2.2.15 kernel and Debian woody
    with a 2.3.99-pre8 kernel with the gcc 2.95.2 compiler without the problems
    you mentioned. Also a Redhat 6.2 / egcs 2.91.66 / 2.2.15 kernel. All
    using an eepro100 card.

    Kamlesh

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