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From: Felix Oxley <lkml@oxley.org>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, zippel@linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: make xconfig fails for older kernels
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:34:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200510041034.07837.lkml@oxley.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4341FBA8.3020208@shaw.ca>

On Tuesday 04 October 2005 04:48, Robert Hancock wrote:

> What gcc version? The configuration program may have had some compile
> bugs with newer compilers that were fixed in later kernels. In
> particular I think gcc4 is stricter about those "static declaration
> follows non-static" problems.

I think you have nailed it.  I'm using GCC 4.0.2. 
Incidentally the first 2.6 kernel in which this issue was resolved is 2.6.9.
I will install GCC 2.9.5.

Thanks to all.
Felix


  reply	other threads:[~2005-10-04  9:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <4TJDn-2mm-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-10-04  3:48 ` make xconfig fails for older kernels Robert Hancock
2005-10-04  9:34   ` Felix Oxley [this message]
2005-10-04 14:04     ` Felix Oxley
2005-10-04 14:12       ` Felix Oxley
2005-10-04 16:29         ` Adrian Bunk
2005-10-04  1:13 Felix Oxley
2005-10-04  2:27 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-10-04  2:50   ` Dan C Marinescu

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