Re: Regression testing of 2.4.x before release?

M. Edward (znmeb@aracnet.com)
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:04:59 -0800 (PST)


On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> On November 12, 2001 07:24 am, Dan Kegel wrote:
> > At some point it might be nice to also use the STP to help speed gcc
> > 3 development, too. (I personally am really looking forward to the
> > day when I can use the same compiler for both c++ and kernel.)
>
> You already can, at least I can because gcc3 builds recent kernels
> just fine. IOW, it works for me. Conservatively, it's good to keep
> the old compiler around (choose your poison) for those few apps that
> don't build with gcc, but I feel quite comfortable at the moment
> having gcc3 as my default.

One particular application for which gcc 3.x *and* gcc 2.96.x are
seriously deficient, at least on Intel/AMD 32-bit systems, is the
high-performance linear algebra library Atlas. As a result, *my* default
for compiling numerical applications is the Atlas-recommended one,
2.95.3. For the kernel, I use whatever the Red Hat 7.2 default is.

-- 
M. Edward Borasky
znmeb@borasky-research.net

The COUGAR Project http://www.borasky-research.com/Cougar.htm

I brought my inner child to "Take Your Child To Work Day."

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/