On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 04:03:57AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I would say the 2.2.12 kernel since 2.2.11 saw a huge sparc sync. > > >From what I've heard this sounds right. 2.2.12 is probably going to > be release wide, if we do a stable update (what I call Debian 2.1.1). > > > As far as compilers > > I would suggest the gcc-2.95.1 for the sparc32 compiler. Right now egcs64 > > does good > > for sparc64 kernels, but some parts (notably qlogic and 3c* drivers) don't > > compile, > > and possible other parts as well. > > Do you mean egcs64 from stable? > > Does it raise issues to use a potato compiler to compile the kernel > for a slink update? I guess the kernel is pretty stand-alone, so it > would technically work, but I don't like it due to the boot-strapping > issues (i.e., how would a Sun4u user recompile their kernel on a slink > box?).
The egcs64 from potato is what I am refering to. It has several fixes over the slink version. Ben