On 1 Feb 2006, at 23:00, Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Niall O Broin wrote:
>>> I have a VMware guest which is running CentOS 4.2. I am trying to
>> install the VMware tools but the build process fails because it says
>> that I am using gcc 3.4.4 but the kernel I am using (latest =
>> 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL) is built with gcc 3.4.5 and this could lead to
>> incompatibilities and crashes.
>> That seems unlikely. Presuming neither is buggy, C calling conventions
> are /really/ stable. Only significant thing really is
> register-parameters, but as long as you use the same compiler options
> as your kernel was built with.. (which, if the modules' build setup is
> good, it should do automatically).
Well TBH I was prepared to give it a lash anyway, despite these dire
warnings from VMware. But I was very surprised that the CentOS kernel
is being built with a version of gcc which CentOS doesn't distribute.
Niall
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
