re: any problems with gcc 3.0/3.1 and compiling 2.4.18 on ppc?

[Dan Kegel]

Chris Friesen <[e-mail]> wrote:
> We're looking at moving to gcc 3.x for 2.4.18, and are trying to decide what
> version to use.  It appears that there were some ppc-specific fixes that went in
> to 3.1, and I'm not sure if they were ported back to 3.0.
> 
> Has anyone had any successes or failures using either of these versions on ppc? 
> Any gotchas?

I'm about to do the same thing.  I'm already using a (patched) gcc3.0.2
on sh4, and really want to drop gcc2.9x for ppc, too.  Haven't tried
it yet, though.

Have you asked on linuxppc-{dev,user}@lists.linuxppc.org yet?
(Archives at http://lists.linuxppc.org/ )
- Dan