On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 09:18:46PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > 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.
YES; thanks, i will try that, ... Friendly, Sven LUTHER
