RE: [Linux-ia64] Recommended compiler for compiling kernels test1

Broadfoot, KenX
2000-11-13T20:38:40Z

Redhat 7.0 shipped with two compilers.
The new one is gcc 2.95 and it is terrible for compiling kernels. ( ia32 )

The old one is called "kgcc" and works well. ( it is egcs 2.91 ) ( again
ia32 )

I have had no trouble with gcc version 2.9-ia64 that was packaged with the
Redhat 7.0 ia64 beta.
Not sure if it is a cross-compiler though.

--ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Wilson [SMTP:wilson@cygnus.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:35 PM
> To: Pimenov, Sergei
> Cc: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
> Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Recommended compiler for compiling kernels
> test1 0 and upper?
>
> >Does this compiler support cross-compilation?
>
> Yes. It has probably been a few months since I last built a
> cross-compiler
> myself, but other people have been building them successfully. There was
> a
> comment from H.J. claiming that the Red Hat 7.0 ia32 OS release can't
> build a
> cross-compiler because of bugs in the compiler shipped with that release.
> Otherwise, I don't know of any specific problems.
>
> Jim
>
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