Terry Parker wrote :

> Make sure you have gcc 2.95.3 available.

I think this should be read as "Thats the version Linus Torvalds has
tested the kernel against".

> gcc 2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2), and gcc 2.7.2.3 are known to miscompile
> My question: is there a problem with gcc 3.3.4?

Patrick used this version when he compiled the kernel and I'm pretty sure
that if there was any known issues with gcc 3.3.4 he would have dumped
it for an older version or waited for a better one.

> If not, why does the README not say: 2.9.5.3 or newer?

You have noticed that there has been problems with some older versions
of gcc and "newer" would include versions not yet released, versions
that could have problems.
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