[lug] compiling kernel 2.4.0 (a note for RH7 users)

[Atkinson, Chip]

Just out of curiosity, couldn't one just put gcc 2.91.66, or 2.95.2 for that
matter, on their RH 7 machine and all would work fine?

Chip

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Calvin Dodge [mailto:caldodge at fpcc.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 2:22 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] compiling kernel 2.4.0 (a note for RH7 users)
> 
> 
> Yep, I bit the bullet (egged on by the cable modem at my disposal) and
> downloaded 2.4.0.
> 
> It's working pretty well so far, though I'll give it a bit to shake
> itself out.
> 
> FWIW - when compiling with Red Hat's setup (the "kgcc" bit), it didn't
> work quite right.  On reboot the computer locked up when it loaded the
> sound module (es1371) - so much so that hitting the reset key wouldn't
> help (I had to turn it off).  After removing the reference to 
> the sound
> module and rebooting, it hung somewhere during the "linuxconf hooks"
> process.
> 
> Sigh ...
> 
> Fortunately, there was another computer available to me which 
> still had
> RH 6.2 - and IT has the recommended compiler (egcs 1.1.2, aka gcc
> 2.91.66).  I compiled the kernel and modules on _that_ computer, then
> pulled it across the Internet (curse AT&T and the 
> 128Kbit/second upload
> limit!), then did the lilo thing.
> 
> And so far (fingers crossed), it's working nicely.
> 
> Calvin
> -- 
> Calvin Dodge
> Certified Linux Bigot (tm)
> http://www.caldodge.fpcc.net
> 
> 
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