Re: Qs: 1->many Pentium CPU upgrade (kernel 2.2.5)

Zygo Blaxell (uixjjji1@umail.furryterror.org)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:55:35 GMT

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>> I am running an out-of-the box (no kernel rebuilds/upgrades)
>> RedHat6.0 on a Pentium 150 w 96Mb RAM and a 3.2Gb HD.
>>
>> The upgrade is motivated by two factors
>>
>> o the latest gcc/g++2.95.1 (http://egcs.cygnus.com) can finally
>> compile my C++ code and I am not anymore confined to SunPro CC
>> or MSVC++
>
>You must have very special C++ code... Be careful that gcc 2.95 is reported
>to miscompile the kernel.

....but recent kernel Makefiles contain code that enables
-fno-strict-aliasing, which works around the bigger problems.

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