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- Lines: 17
- Date:
Wed Apr 24 07:40:36 1996
- Orig file:
v1.3.94/linux/README
- Orig date:
Fri Mar 15 11:01:45 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.94/linux/README linux/README
@@ -139,14 +139,10 @@
COMPILING the kernel:
- - make sure you have gcc-2.5.8 or newer available. It seems older gcc
+ - make sure you have gcc-2.6.3 or newer available. It seems older gcc
versions can have problems compiling newer versions of linux. If you
upgrade your compiler, remember to get the new binutils package too
- (for as/ld/nm and company). Do not use gcc-2.6.0; it has a few serious
- bugs. Some problems have been reported occasionally with 2.6.3 as well,
- so use that version at your own risk. Specifying "-fno-strength-reduce"
- in the CFLAGS of the main Makefile may help to work around a known
- bug in gcc.
+ (for as/ld/nm and company).
- do a "make zImage" to create a compressed kernel image. If you want
to make a bootdisk (without root filesystem or lilo), insert a floppy
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