Re: Kernel will not compile

[Jozsef Bakosi <jbakosi@fraunhofer.org>]

I use the deb-packages. On Unstable: kernel-package (8.040), gcc(3.3-2), 
kernel-source-2.4.20 (2.4.20-8). I also had problems before, which could 
be solved by changing the Makefile back to gcc-2.95 (eg. it compiled), 
but now, with the packages above, everything seems to be just fine.

Best wishes,
Jozsef

Craig Dickson wrote:
> Gary Hennigan wrote:
>
>
> > I think, in general, it's best to stick with 2.95 compilers for the
> > kernel.
>
>
> This seems to be the common view of the kernel developers, but I've had
> no trouble building 2.4.20 and .21 kernels using whatever gcc was
> current in Debian unstable at the time (3.3 currently, and I just built
> a .21 kernel the other day with it, which seems to be doing fine).
>
> It may be relevant that I use kernel source tarballs from kernel.org,
> not Debian packages, and I do not use make-kpkg.
>
> Craig