My understanding is that the 2.2 series of kernels are best compiled with egcs.
Perhaps someone could correct me on that if I'm wrong.
On 24-Feb-99 Andreas Gerstlauer wrote:
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> On 24 Feb 1999 13:54:32 +0000, Graham Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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>>Lenz Grimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>>> I'm not sure. I have egcs and gcc installed on my machine, and it works
>>> without Makefile-tweaking.
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>
> Lenz, are you sure that the kernel is compiled with gcc 2.7.2.3 and
> not with egcs? From my understanding (as Graham stated correctly),
> if both egcs and gcc are installed under SuSE 6.0 a plain call
> of "gcc" (what is done in standard kernel making) will give you
> egcs, not gcc (try "gcc --version").
> Hence, if you want to compile the kernel with gcc you'll need to
> change the makefile to compile with "gcc -V2.7.2.3", right?
>
>>How did you do that? Installing the 'egcs' package from the Suse 6.0
>>'d' series installs gcc as the front-end. Installing the 'gcc' package
>>installs the gcc 2.7.2.3 compiler set, but NOT the gcc front-end. The
>>instructions for the 'gccfront' package state that installing this
>>will make gcc 2.7.2.3 the default compiler, and that package 'egcs'
>>should be un-installed.
>>
>>I have installed both 'egcs' and 'gcc' packages (as well as 'gpp' and
>>others), and gcc is the only compiler front-end installed.
>>
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