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On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 08:35:36PM +0300, Dan Podeanu wrote: |
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> The standard Gentoo installation requires one to recompile the linux kernel. |
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> A kernel WILL NOT be 100% stable if its compiled with a 3.3.x gcc, although |
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> this will be only really visible in certain conditions (higher traffic in |
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> terms of requests, cpu load, etc. generally server usage). |
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The Gentoo mirror I administer serves an average of > 100 GB/day, with a |
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gcc 3.x compiled kernel, and I didn't notice any problem. |
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> Please note, not 2.95.3 and above (re: Greg KH). And again, compiled with |
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> 3.3.2 the kernel behaves strange, as opposed to when its compiled with |
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> 2.95.3. But thats just personal experience. |
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Yes, it seems so. I would not try to make a rule of your personal |
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experience. Nice to know that this really happens sometimes, though. |
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Bye, Patrick |
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