I just upgraded a potato system to 2.2.12 due to the 2.2.11 memory leak. The release notes say that the .12 kernel won't compile with gcc 2.95. I have gcc 2.91.66-2 on that system and it compiled ok, a few warnings but no errors. System came up with no problem and no memory leak.
Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On 30 Aug 1999, Laurent Martelli wrote: > Date: 30 Aug 1999 20:01:58 +0200 > From: Laurent Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.12 > > >>>>> "Stavros" == Stavros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Stavros> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, William Ono wrote: > > >> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Stavros wrote: > >> > >> > have anyone faced any problems compiling the 2.2.12 kernel on > >> potato? > >> > >> I'm sitting at a potato system running 2.2.12 right now, so it > >> works just fine for me.. > >> > >> Was there a specific problem you were having? > > Stavros> i get alot of errors like this In file included from > Stavros> init/main.c:26: /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In > Stavros> function `virt_to_phys': > Stavros> /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:112: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' > Stavros> undeclared (first use in this function) and then the > Stavros> compile proccess stops. (make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1) > > Did you 'make dep' ? I had something similar when trying to compile > 2.2.11. I downloaded the whole 2.2.12, unpacked it in a fresh new > directory, and it compiled fine. > > -- > Laurent Martelli > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
