gcc-2.95.1 and linux kernel Was:Re: gcc-2.95.1 and ftp.alphalinux.org

[Neil Carlson <nnc lanl gov>]

Elliot Lee wrote:
> 
> You can get some ones [gcc-2.95.1 rpms] that I made from ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/sopwith/
> 
> I would not recommend doing more than experimenting with them, since the
> 2.2.12 kernel I built with them would crash/reboot regularly, whereas the
> exact same kernel built with the RHL 6.0 egcs worked semi-stably.

Did you modify the kernel Makefiles to include the -fno-strict-aliasing
flag?  The "caveats" page for 2.95 indicate that this is necessary.
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