rebuilding kernel for the first time

[Barb Ebel]

Thanks to everyone for providing so many suggestions (and hopefully
solutions).  I wanted to see if a general consensus could be reached before
I tried anything.  Tomorrow after class I plan on taking my computer home
for the long weekend to mess with, and I can give a status report when I
return Sunday afternoon.

Have a great Thanksgiving.

Barb Ebel
ebelbarb@msu.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leonard G. Warden IV" <lgw4@sealdog.org>
To: "Ben Pfaff" <pfaffben@msu.edu>
Cc: "Matthew Hill" <matthew@liquidweb.com>; <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: rebuilding kernel for the first time


: Ben, Matthew, Barb, and everyone else who may be following this thread,
:
: I'm not debating the ethics or business sense of Red Hat including a
: non-released version of gcc as the default compiler in Red Hat 7. I
: personally wish they'd included 2.95.2. Oh, well -- life's not fair.
: However, Red Hat was very aware that 2.96 had problems with Linux kernel
: compiles and thus the inclusion of kgcc -- which is actually egcs 1.1.2
: IIRC. What I am stating is that the kgcc compiler will compile 2.2.x
: kernels perfectly.
:
: WRT Barb's original posting, I assumed (rightly or wrongly) that the
: kernel in question was Red Hat's patched version of 2.2.16 included with
: Red Hat 7. If it is a vanilla version of 2.2.16 or 2.2.17, then some
: changes to the definition of the $CC environment variable in the kernel
: makefile will be required. However, if it is Red Hat's patched 2.2.16,
: then the mods to the makefile are already done. Considering the output on
: her web page, I do believe that the Red Hat patched kernel is the one
: being used, and that she has kgcc installed.
:
: Barb, I'm still interested in your problem and trying to help you find a
: solution. Matthew, I can't recommend that Barb compile and install a
: different gcc because of the level of complexity that adds for the user.
: It is obvious that this solution works for you, and you have the skills to
: manage the complexity of having many different gcc installations on your
: system. With the default Red Hat configuration, there are two compilers,
: but this complexity is hidden from the user *when using packages provided
: by Red Hat*.
:
: As for installing FreeBSD 4.1 -- I'll do that when it supports my Xircom
: RealPort 56K/100Mbs "out of the box". (That should offend a few *BSDers!)
:
: So Barb -- any progress?
:
: Chip Warden
:
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