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From: gary@dragon.dsh.org (Gary D. Duzan)
Subject: Re: GCC 2.3.3 + kernels
Organization: Delaware State Hospital
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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 18:27:31 GMT
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In article <JKH.93Feb8204548@whisker.lotus.ie> jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>I've had kernels making (and running) with gcc 2.3.3 for some time - I
>don't know what the big problem is. You need to put #pragmas to control
>structure packing in /usr/include/machine/segments.h, but that's really
>about it (that and the occasional unwisely named function name or prototype
>conflict).
>
>The kernel I'm currently running is gcc 2.3.3 compiled.
>
Do the modified sources work properly with the old GCC? If so, how
much trouble would it be to set it up in a patchkit format?
Gary D. Duzan
Network Administrator
Delaware State Hospital