On Friday, 21 October 2016 14:45:25 CEST Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > The Debian kernel packages still have a dependency on gcc-5, which may mean > that the kernels are currently only built/supported with gcc-5.
vanilla kernels (Linus' tree and the stable ones) could be compiled just fine with gcc 6.2.0-6 and that now fails. I still think this is a major regression and regard gcc 6.2.0-7 simply as broken. > > On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 11:22 -0500, S R Wright wrote: > > Concurring with Wolfgang; pulling the source straight from kernel.org > > and using identical .config files will work with 6.2.0-6 but fail with > > 6.2.0-7. I was able to build and install 4.8.3 with no issues after > > back-revving gcc et. al. to 6.2.0-6 > > > > -- sRw > > > > On 10/20/16 11:09, Wolfgang Walter wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > with this version of gcc-6 I can't build vanilla kernels any more. It > > > fails > > > with even with CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG disabled: > > > > > > scripts/kconfig/mconf Kconfig > > > configuration written to .config > > > > > > *** End of the configuration. > > > *** Execute 'make' to start the build or try 'make help'. > > > > > > ksrc@ei:~/build/kernels/linux-4.8.3$ make > > > scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig > > > CHK include/config/kernel.release > > > CHK include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h > > > CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h > > > UPD include/generated/utsrelease.h > > > CC kernel/bounds.s > > > kernel/bounds.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode > > > /* > > > > > > Kbuild:45: recipe for target 'kernel/bounds.s' failed > > > make[1]: *** [kernel/bounds.s] Error 1 > > > Makefile:1015: recipe for target 'prepare0' failed > > > make: *** [prepare0] Error 2 > > > > > > > > > I think this is a major regression if you can't build vanilla and stable > > > kernels any more. > > > > > > Regards, Regards, -- Wolfgang Walter Studentenwerk München Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts
