--- Makefile.orig	Sat Feb  3 00:48:26 2001
+++ Makefile	Sat Feb  3 00:45:00 2001
@@ -253,11 +253,23 @@
 		-o vmlinux
 	$(NM) vmlinux | grep -v '\(compiled\)\|\(\.o$$\)\|\( [aUw] \)\|\(\.\.ng$$\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > System.map
 
-symlinks:
+symlinks: gccversioncheck
 	rm -f include/asm
 	( cd include ; ln -sf asm-$(ARCH) asm)
 	@if [ ! -d include/linux/modules ]; then \
 		mkdir include/linux/modules; \
+	fi
+
+gccversioncheck:
+	@gccversion=`${HOSTCC} --version`;\
+	echo Using gcc version: $$gccversion;\
+	if [ "x$${gccversion}" != "x2.95.2" ]; then \
+		echo "********************************************************************"; \
+		echo "***  This compiler version is not approved for compiling the kernel"; \
+		echo "***  version: " $$HOSTCC $$gccversion ; \
+		echo "***  Please consider this when reporting bugs" ;\
+		echo "********************************************************************"; \
+		sleep 1; \
 	fi
 
 oldconfig: symlinks