Re: Can't Compile floppy.c.

Simon Tatham (sgt20@hermes.cam.ac.uk)
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 11:51:46 +0100

>I am compiling v2.0.0 and have the following problem with floppy.c.
>Here I am compiling as a module, but I get the same error if I try to include
>it in the kernel.

I've seen the same thing, and worse: I've seen a machine *hang* on
trying to compile floppy.c. Twice. In quick succession...

>My versions of everything that I can think of are:
> gcc version 2.7.2p

And *that* seems to be the problem - at least, when the sysadm in
question downgraded to a non-`p' version of gcc, the compiles
started working again. YMMV of course.

Hope that helps,

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