Quoting Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>:

> On Tuesday 30 October 2001 18:21, Greg KH wrote:
> > Where do you define this version of gcc?  
> > Many versions of gcc can successfully compile a kernel.
> 
> The easiest way would be to include a file in the kernel that contains the 
> version number of one compiler that is able to compile the kernel. This 
> compiler is then used to compile the kernel.

This will also make the system compiler-independent. You may have
the most modern gcc 3.0.1 for your own compilations, but the kernel
components will be built with tried, tested and true gcc 2.96.x
(or whatever).

Dmitri

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