[Gllug] compiling 2.5 kernels

[Formi]

 When I installed 8.2 it offered the option of using gcc3,
 the compilation of the 2.4.18 stock mdk kernel failed.

 I when back to 2.96 and it worked with the .config file from
 the previous attempt.

 
 
                                   Formi.

 


On 18 Apr 2002, Stephen Harker wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 13:16, John Hearns wrote:
> > On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 13:16, Stephen Harker wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 18:57, Dave Jones wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 06:31:40PM +0100, Stephen Harker wrote:
> > 
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> > 
> > Perhaps an idiot question,
> > but what version of gcc is reccommended for compiling
> > the 2.5 series kernels?
> > 
> > Are there any massive (or small) bugs turned up by
> > changing to gcc3??
> Dunno. I just sort of waded in there with gcc-3.04 and hoped for the
> best. I have a compiled kernel but it craps out compiling various
> modules (ATA-Raid, I20, other EXPERIMENTAL stuff) which I gradually
> remove from the options and try again. On about the 6th go now and it
> seems to be getting much further than last time. Thank God I'm doing
> this on a fast machine (about 3 minutes for a make dep && make bzImage)
> Steve
> PS. It just stopped on Western Digital Network driver module so *SNIP*.
> Attempt No. 7...
> 
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