Re: recompiling kernels in Red Hat 7.2

["Casey Boone" <ophidian@mychoice.net>]

hrm, i thought i was remembering a kernel list b*tch fest, but perhaps it
was an uninformed /. one instead

oh well, its been a long day (and it hasnt really started yet)


> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:35:44AM -0600, Casey Boone wrote:
> > only thing i can tell you is that i know redhat has taken heat over
> > including a more or less developmental version of gcc with their 7.1 and
7.2
> > distros
>
> The version of gcc included in Red Hat 7.2 compiles the kernel just
> fine.  In fact, it does a better job than most of the "stable"
> releases of gcc in recent memory.
>
> Red Hat included their own version of gcc in order to have a working
> compiler on x86, alpha, and ia64.  They're also using on s390 now.
>
> > has he tried installing a different version of gcc?  i know that the
kernel
> > is usually only recommended for compiling on certain versions of gcc
>
> And the recent Red Hat versions of gcc are on a short list of
> recommended compilers for 2.4.x kernels.
>
> Steve
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