Re: gcc compilation

[Viral Mehta <viral.mehta@einfochips.com>]

Ohh sorry asking w/o g00gling...
I just found

GCC manual : "the default configuration is to perform a 3-stage 
bootstrap of the compiler when ‘make’ is invoked. This will build the 
entire GCC system and ensure that it compiles itself correctly."

Viral Mehta wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was compiling 2.6.29.7 kernel but it stopped as my system had gcc 
> version 4.1.1.
> There was some bug with respect to __weak attribute in gcc 4.1.[01]. 
> So, I started installing newer gcc 4.3.0.
>
> That was a history part. Now, I have a query.
>
> If I am installing gcc 4.3.0. It will be compiled using gcc 4.1.0 as I 
> have that installed on my PC. Now, gcc 4.1.0 has several BUGS and so 
> compilation of gcc 4.3.0 will not happen correctly. How this situation 
> is handled normally ??

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Thanks, Viral Mehta, Embedded Software Engineer, www.einfochips.com