[ILUG] When to fix a driver/when to upgrade a kernel?

[Laur Ivan]

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 12:13, Dermot Daly wrote:
> I used the gcc which comes with Fedora Core 1 : gcc 3.3.2.  Should this
> cause a problem?  Surely, Fedora Core 1 would include a gcc which could
> compile itself.
>
Well, that's the big problem with fedora :) the 2.4 kernels compile only with 
3.2. There is a gcc-compat (if memory helps) package in the distrib (or try 
running "gcc32" to check if you have it). I compile the kernel (and other 
extra modules) with the following steps:

1. go to the kernel dir
2. make distclean (this is only if you tried to compile it with gcc3.3)
3. "export CC=gcc32" (or to be sure "alias gcc='gcc32' :) )
4. do a make xconfig/menuconfig and load one of the default configs
5. do a make dep (this would prepare things for adding external modules)
6. cd to the module dir
7. make module.

This should do it. :)

Cheers,

L

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Laur Ivan                                       Tel  : +353-1-6674336
Software Design Engineer                        eMail: laur.ivan at corvil.com
Corvil Ltd.
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