Re: kernel compilation on mac68k

[Michael Schmitz <schmitz@mail.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

> This week I installed potato on my Performa 475. Now I'd like to
> compile a custom kernel. I noticed that the boot floppies installed
> kernel 2.2.10, compiled with gcc 2.7.2.3.
> 
> Should I install gcc272, too, or can I use the standard gcc package
> (currently at 2.95.2) to compile the kernel? Is 2.2.10 + m68k-patch
> the kernel version I should use, or is there a later, reasonably
> stable (on mac68k) version out there?

gcc 2.95.2 will miscompile some functions in the kernel. Some patches
available in Erlangen, others you'll have to find yourself. The only
supported compiler is 2.7.2.x. 

	Michael