Re: 2.0.35 fails to run X with egcs-19980803.

Scott McDermott (vaxerdec@frontiernet.net)
Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:11:16 -0400


Mike A. Harris on Sun, Aug 16, 1998 at 07:01:25AM -0400:
> You cannot compile ANY 2.0.x kernel with anything other than
> gcc-2.7.2 and expect it to work.
>
> Some people report that their kernels work when compiled by egcs
> or pgcc, but further probing shows that most of them have
> modified the kernel by using 2.1.x files for ioport.c, or other
> things.
>
> A stock 2.0.x kernel does not support compilation by any other
> compiler.

It works fine here with *stock* 2.0.35 sources, and egcs-1.0.3a. STM,
X, svgalib apps, all work with no difficulty. The kernel compile has
consistent, repeated warnings but it compiles and works fine.

-- 
Scott

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