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Re: can I compile kernel 2.1.125 using gcc 2.96?



On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 10:55:02AM -0400, alejandro alliana wrote:
>   I found some posible anwers on the net, but one of them said that is not 
> possible to compěle kernels 2.0 with gcc 2.95, I was wondering if that's 
> true also for kernels 2.1.x and gcc 2.96

Yes, that's absolutely true. Compile with the compiler recommended in
the file Documentation/Changes. I don't know if that particular file
exists in 2.1.125, but if my memory serves me right, we were using
gcc-2.7.2 at that time (or was it still gcc-2.6.3?).


Erik

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