On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 05:45:46PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> Nicholas Clark said:
> > > It is arm-linux.  That is the path to my special ELF tools which are
> > > based on the (so far not proven wrong) GCC 2.7.2.2 and binutils-2.8
> > > toolchain I have here.  This toolchain is not binary compatable with
> > 
> > Now, might this explain why Russell can build a 2.2.1 kernel that will
> > load on my RiscPC, when I can't ?
> 
> It's possible, but I wouldn't recommend anyone trying to get GCC 2.7.2.2
> and binutils 2.8 going for ELF - I'd recommend trying to find out why
> GCC/EGCS & Binutils 2.9 don't work.

... and why it works for philb, but not anyone else!  :-)  I hear egcs
1.1.2 is just out; perhaps I'll update my compiler & binutils to the
latest versions this weekend.

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better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of
one's contributions to computer science."  -- Donald E. Knuth, TAoCP vol 3
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