linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

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Message-Id: <200702051324.11866.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>
Date:	Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:24:11 +0000
From:	Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk>
To:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

On Monday 05 February 2007 12:31, you wrote:
> Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:
>
> # make mrproper
> # make allnoconfig
> # make bzlilo
>
> objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
> make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2
>
> # gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2.2/specs
> Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib
> --with-slibdir=/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
> --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking
> --enable-long-long --enable-__cxa_atexit
> --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,f77,objc,java
> --host=i586-mandrake-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
>
>
> Is gcc-4.0.1 now the minimum required to compile the kernel?

A patch went in to remove support for GCC 3.1, but as far as I know, 3.2 
should be a supported compiler.

At any rate, this might be a binutils issue. What version of binutils are you 
using?

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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