> > The kernel can still be compiled in a.out format. The a.out > > development tools aren't completely going away. They just won't be > > the default. If you really want to compile 1.2.13 in ELF format, I > > suggest you politely request Linus to update it one last time. > > As I remember, from trying to get a 1.3 kernel to compile with debian's > gcc-elf, the Makefiles for the kernel don't seem to be set up in such a > way as to make it easy to redefine and then propogate $(CC) -- which would > seem necessary to use 'gcc -b i486-linuxaout'.
Actually, it's pretty easy, at least for us. Since we have completely separate a.out tools, all we need to do is put /usr/i486-linuxaout/bin before /usr/bin in our PATH and compile away. David -- David Engel Optical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
