On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 10:11:15PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
>
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 09:37:27PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > gcc 4 is not supported for compiling kernel 2.4, and I don't see any
> > compelling reason why kernel 2.4 should ever be adapted to gcc 4.
> >
> > This patch documents this fact.
> >
> > Without this patch, your screen is flooded with warnings and errors when
> > accidentially trying to compile kernel 2.4 with gcc 4.
> >
> > With this patch, the same happens, but the last lines contain the
> > explanation
> > #error Sorry, your GCC is too recent for kernel 2.4
>
> Well, why not putting this into include/linux/compiler.h instead ? It
> would shout earlier and will be easier to find.
>...
init/main.c is the first file that gets compiled, and therefore the
traditional place for such compiler checks.
> > --- linux-2.4.31-rc1-full/README.old 2005-05-30 21:21:29.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.4.31-rc1-full/README 2005-05-30 21:21:59.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
> >
> > - Make sure you have gcc 2.95.3 available. gcc 2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2) may
> > also work but is not as safe, and *gcc 2.7.2.3 is no longer supported*.
> > + gcc 4 is *not* supported.
>
> I would even explicitly state that gcc-3.3 and 3.4 should work in most
> cases, while gcc 4 will definitely not work. It's important IMHO to
> give the answers that most users will be looking for, and 3.3/3.4 are
> fairly common.
>...
gcc 2.95 is still the recommended compiler for kernel 2.4.
But if you want to improve the text, feel free to send a patch. :-)
> Thanks,
> Willy
cu
Adrian
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