On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 09:29, Daniel Sheltraw wrote:

> 
> The reason for my initial question about the GCC 3.2 compiler and
> a compiler fit for kernel work is that a remembered the problem
> with GCC 2.96. I am patching a 2.4.20 kernel with the RTAI 
> real-time executive patch. The latest RTAI patch says in a README
> file that the GCC 3.2 compiler gives lots of scarey warnings
> when used to do the compile and I would rather avoid this problem
> despite the fact that the build is reported to work. So, recalling
> that in the Redhat 7.2 there was another compiler besides the
> 2.96, I was wondering if RedHat 8.0 contains a 2.95.3 compiler
> somewhere which can be installed. My understanding is that 2.95
> is still the "official" compiler for kernel work.

Isn't there a compat-gcc package on one of your CD's?  That would be
'kgcc' although it's now invoked as 'gcc296' for some strange reason
<wink>.
 
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Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
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