>> [...] >> You all made fair statements and I am convinced to stay with Debians >> kernel. I just installed 2.6.11-1-686 image but now I have other >> problem. I installed sources for ipw2200 and thinkpad modules and >> tried to install them via 'module-assistant' and for ipw2200 it went >> fine. However, I am not able to load the module, since the format is >> not the right one. I don't have the exact message, since I write from >> Windows at the moment :( I have "GCC 4", while kernel might be >> compiled with "GCC 3.3", just guessing. Should I compile kernel with >> config, from /boot of currently installed kernel or is it something >> else? I know this list is not primary place for such issues, but since >> it came up from above discussion I hope anyone can help me with it. > >You should compile with the same version as the kernel was compiled. If >3.3 is still on your system (should so) you can check the gcc link in >/usr/bin. it likely will be linked to gcc-4. I usually change that (and >others) link to the gcc i need manually since i work with distcc. > >I'm quite sure it will work with update-alternatives or some other >method easier. It will be somewhere in the docs. > >Maybe 3.4 will work too, but i'm not sure about this.
Hmm, I installed Debian via debian-installer directly as testing. So I assume GCC 4 came as default. Since everything will move to GCC 4 sooner or later, should not I rather compile the kernel with GCC 4 than modules with GCC 3.*? The last one would be easier but sooner or later I will be in such position. Weird, that kernel-image-2.6.11 was built with GCC 3.* and came from unstable. Thanks, Gregor
