Gregory Gulik (greg@xxxxxxxxx) said: > I understand that but that doesn't answer the question of why there are > two versions of GCC necessary. > > Why not just ship with one for everything? > > Is there something wrong with 3.3.2 where it can't compile the kernel? No, there's something wrong with the kernel that it can't be compiled with 3.3.2. The kernel is very sensitive to compiler changes, even when it's the kernel itself that is at fault. Bill