On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 02:37:28AM -0500, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote: > David Welton wrote: > > > > So, I was talking with Cort regarding my ongoing RS6K troubles, and he > > mentioned that trying an older compiler might help. > > > > I did indeed have a better time of getting a v2.2.14-preX going with > > the 2.91 on my yellow dog partition. > > > > If we don't have a compiler that can generate good code for kernels, > > this is bad... > > > > Ideas? > > *sigh* this isn't just powerpc. this is x86 too. I can't get ANY kernels > to compile with gcc 2.95 or 2.91. Folks, I think at this point it's > SERIOUSLY advisable to just abandon gcc 2.9x as primary and change it to > optional. There's just too much stuff that will NOT compile with it. I > mean, hell, the damn thing is spitting out asm errors for 'mov' on x86! > I've had NO problems with 2.7.2.3 or 2.8.x to date.
Just as information, i had lots of problem compiling kernels with 2.9x gcc, but it resulted to be a binutils problem. if you have binutils-multiarch installed, please remove it and try compiling the kernel again. Friendly, Sven LUTHER
