On Huw, 2003-11-13 at 15:39, JM Ibanez wrote: > Does anyone have links to the kernel developer's discussion on > theinteraction between GCC versions and the kernel? I'm looking for > reallytechnical stuff, as I want to understand what exactly is going > on. Mostof my Googling has turned up links to developers basically > saying "no,you can't insert modules compiled with a different version > of GCC thanthe kernel" and "try your luck." I haven't found technical > documentationor at least a general explanation on the interaction > yet.
I do remember that GCC 2.95 and the 3.2 and up series have different application binary interfaces thus preventing intermingling of object code produced by both versions of compilers. It would take more than kludging the driver as their object codes are not the same inside... You can check out the summary info at gcc.gnu.org - changelog for gcc 3.2 -- -->paolo Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________ Philippine Free Network Group free.net.ph -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
