Re: linux kernel building for mips malta target board

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

David Daney wrote:
> > > Also, make sure to NOT use any of the 4.1 GCC stuff with Linux/MIPS
> > > kernels. I am still tracking down errors with it. 
> >
> > Are these problems in gcc, perhaps?  If so, you only have
> > a few weeks left to report them before the cutoff
> > for gcc-4.1's release, I think.
>
> It has not even branched from the mainline yet.  Anything that prevents 
> us from building the linux kernel would be a regression, and could be 
> fixed up until the final release (perhaps in January).

I guess I was including a month or so of padding
because MIPS is a second-tier platform, and the
chances of a bug getting fixed are a lot higher if
you report it a month before released as opposed to
a week before release.

Incidentally, I seem to recall that the gcc maintainers
would like in general to not branch until near-release
quality is achieved, then release very soon after the
branch.  So in a sense, once the branch is made,
it may be almost too late to fix a bug in a secondary
platform.
- Dan


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