On 16/11/99 Kevin Puetz wrote:
The following are true:
I could not build kernels older than 2.2.12 or so with the new 2.95 gcc
I read somewhere that this was known to be broken on x86
I therefore inferred:
This is a general problem with the kernel and/or gcc, including PPC.
This was affirmed when the newer kernel source worked fine.
AFAIK the only thing that really changed regarding compilers in
2.2.12 was to add a check in the Makefile for gcc 2.95 and if that is
what is being used add the compiler flag -fno-strict-aliasing which
allows the kernel to be compiled.
beware that there could have been other changes, and the kernel
developers still discourage the use of gcc 2.95 on 2.2.* kernels, I
have compiled 2.2.12 and 2.2.13 without apparent problems on x86.
I would say add -fno-strict-aliasing to the CCFLAGS in the top level
Makefile (there is a line just for site specific ccflag additions)
and give it a try, if it compiles see if it runs without any nasty
problems, if it don't work or its unstable then try installing the
last egcs, which would probably be a royal pain to do.
#include stddisclaimers.h
#include ymmv.h
Best Regards,
Ethan Benson
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