On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 03:14:22PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 15:09, Bill Moseley wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 01:33:38PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 08:27:20PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > > I just upgraded to the current Sarge and also got GCC 3.3. It seems this > > > > version can't compile all the drivers in kernel 2.4.21. Which version > > > > should I use? And how do I set this version (Environment variable?) > > > > without deinstalling GCC 3.3? > > > > > > For now, kernel compiles should use 2.95. Setting this can be done like > > > so: > > > > > > MAKEFLAGS="CC=gcc-2.95" make-kpkg ... > > > > > > That is assuming you use the make-kpkg utility for building your > > > kernels. Otherwise, simply setting CC=gcc-2.95 may be enough. > > > > Interesting. I just built kernel-source-2.4.21 with xfs and lmsensors > > patches using make-kpkg, and also the mga_vid driver (for mplayer) and > > as far as I know I used gcc 3.3.1. It all went find except I needed to > > edit a few source files that had macros that were more than one line > > long. > > > > Was I just lucky? What's the issue with gcc 3.3 and kernel building? > > Well, you shouldn't need to edit those source files. gcc 3.2.3 worked > fine for me on 2.4.20.
So are those multi-line macros *the* issue with 3.3? Seemed odd to me but I was happy to just un-wrap them into a single line to get my kernel built. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
