gcc 4?

[Daniel Robitaille]

> Just I like to confirm that Ubuntu has the kernel compiled with a
> different GCC version of the one that is installed. Is so, why?

The wiki has a brief comment about the fact that kernel is compiled
with gcc-3.4 while gcc-4 is available:


https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LinuxKernelRoadmap

[2005-07-22]

The compiler situation is more complex than expected. We can't switch
to 4.0 and apparently there is some miscompilation with 3.4. We might
have to revert to 3.3 for all arches other than ppc64 and iseries
(known to work).

[2005-07-28]

All arches have been verified to be ok with gcc-3.4. We will stay with
3.4 for breezy. Switching to 4.0 brings no real advantages.




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Daniel Robitaille