(I originally meant this for the mailing list, but it seems I forgot to set the cc:, therefore I'm doing it now.)
Herbert Xu wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 10:27:32PM +0200, Filip Van Raemdonck wrote: > > Kernel compilation ignores the CC variable. The compiler is hardcoded to > > 'gcc' in the toplevel Makefile. > > I'm surprised that nobody ever seemed to notice this before (as the use > > of different compilers for kernel compilation has come up quite some > > times on this list before). > > You better look again, it's certainly *not* hardcoded. In /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.1/Makefile (the most recent slink source .deb available): on line 18 HOSTCC =gcc and on line 25 CC =$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I$(HPATH) This goes for other (debian|upstream) versions as well. BTW, is any 2.0.38 package planned? Regards. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Filip Van Raemdonck [EMAIL PROTECTED] member of the fibo-systeam http://fibo.hogent.be | http://fibolite.hogent.be ---------------------------------------------------------------------------