Kernel compilation and gcc272
Yann Dirson writes:
> Proposed solution:
> ==================
>
> * Include in a kernel-patch-2.2.x-i386 package a patch changing gcc to
> gcc272.
>
> * Make this patchso that it properly applies to all 2.2.x kernel (I
> think it's possible, this part of the Makefile rarely changing)
The upstream kernel source uses the -fno-strict-aliasing flag starting
with 2.2.11. I have been told that some modules do not compile due to
invalid asm statements. Are there other problems that gcc-2.95.1
cannot compile 2.2.x kernels?
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