Re: PROBLEM: while building kernel 2.6.8.1. for Alpha (Miata)

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Sat Oct 16 2004 - 12:23:49 EST


On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 07:58:47PM +0400, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 05:30:17PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > What are the required versions on Alpha?
>
> IIRC, gcc >= 3.3.4, binutils >= 2.13.

The gcc dependency sounds pretty tough.

Why isn't even gcc 3.3.3 able to produce a kernel on Alpha?

> > According to Documentation/Changes, Erwin's versions were OK.
>
> Probably it needs to be updated. I doubt if these versions
> work on x86_64 at all, for example.

That's the smaller problem. Since you can't build a gcc 2.95 for amd64
noone can try using it for building the kernel...

> Ivan.

cu
Adrian

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