[CentOS] Compiling kernel 2.6.12.2 with gcc-3.4.3-22.1

[Jose Alburquerque]

Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:

> Jose Alburquerque wrote:
>
>> Hi.  I just have a quick question that maybe some of you might know.  
>> I'm thinking of compiling a new kernel (kernel 2.6.12.2) for my 
>> system which is running CentOS 4 (updated to 4.1 using yum).  I 
>> downloaded the kernel tarball and read in the docs that for stability 
>> gcc 2.95.x (x>=3) might be best to compile the new kernel.  With an 
>> "rpm -q gcc" command I see that I have gcc-3.4.3-22.1 installed on my 
>> box.  Can anyone tell me if the kernel I'm trying to compile will 
>> compile fine using the version I have installed?  Should I 
>> "downgrade" my gcc to 2.95 to compile this kernel?
>>
>> The reason I'm trying to compile an new kernel is that my system uses 
>> a LSI Logic/Symbios Logic 53c875 SCSI controller (information 
>> obtained from "System Tools/Hardware Browser" menu in GNOME) and I 
>> keep getting a bunch of errors like the following in my system logs:
>>
>> sym0:0:0:phase change 6-7 11 at 12856b84 resid=2.
>>
>> I read somewhere that by compiling a new kernel (2.6.11, I think), 
>> this problem might go away and I wanted my system to run as 
>> efficiently so decided to compile a new kernel.  Am I doing the right 
>> thing?  Thanks!
>
>
> The recomendation for the compiler is rather old, from the times linux 
> kernel developers and gcc compiler developers had somewhat conflictig 
> views on some features of C programming language.  Don't remember 
> exactly what it was about, but discussion between them looked rather 
> childish.  As far as I know, this is not an issue anymore, the new 
> kernel should compile and run just fine even if you use 3.4.x gcc.  I 
> don't think anybody is using gcc 2.xx anymore, and the very kernel you 
> are now running is compiled with gcc 3.4.x.
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>
Thanks so much for the reply.  That clears things up and I can now 
compile my new kernel without worries!  Thanks again.

-Jose