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From: xander <xwiggen@students.cs.uu.nl>
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Subject: Re: kgcc vs. gcc
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  > Hi,
  > 
  > I had heard that under RH7.0 I needed to compile using kgcc instead of gcc.
  > Ok, next question, "How?". From reading the kernel docs I have come up with
  > the following procedure:
  > 
  > make clean	(just to be safe)
  > make mkproper
  > make oldconfig
  > make dep bzImage install >/usr/src/install.log
  > 
  > It is my assumtion that this defaults to gcc. How do I use kgcc? Any
  > suggestions?

The problem is that Redhat 7.0 is shipped with gcc 2.96. The linux kernel
doesn't compile correctly with this version of gcc. Hence, you need an
older version of gcc/binutils (preferably gcc 2.95.x). I do not know if
this is available with the compat-egcs-blabla packages.

I compiled 2.95.2 and binutils with the distributed RH7 gcc/binutils
packages, installed them in /usr/local, removed the RH7 gcc/binutils
packages and compiled the kernel. A bit of a hassle. I only needed 2.95
for the kernel, so I tossed it away after the succesfull compile, install
and reboot.


Good luck,
xander