> That is because you are going about it the wrong way. You cannot
> simply set CC=gcc272 to build the kernelwith gcc272, alas.
>
> You need to edit the main makefile, and in the line where it says:
>
> CC =$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I$(HPATH)
>
> ... you need to change gcc to gcc272.
>
> If you simply set CC=gcc272 you're losing the -D__KERNEL__ -I$(HPATH)
> options, and the kernel won't build.
That's why I suggested the below change to the top-level Makefile some
months ago. Not really pretty but effective when trying to build with
different compilers.
Daniel.
--- Makefile.orig Thu Mar 25 13:11:08 1999
+++ Makefile Thu Mar 25 13:13:13 1999
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
HOSTCC =gcc
HOSTCFLAGS =-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
+TARGETCC =gcc
+
CROSS_COMPILE =
AS =$(CROSS_COMPILE)as
LD =$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
-CC =$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I$(HPATH)
+CC =$(CROSS_COMPILE)$(TARGETCC) -D__KERNEL__ -I$(HPATH)
CPP =$(CC) -E
AR =$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
NM =$(CROSS_COMPILE)nm
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