Ubuntu kernel builds

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 12:26, R Kimber wrote:
> I notice from the logs that the kernel I'm running seems to have
> been built using gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease).
>
> Shouldn't kernels be built with a stable version of gcc as approved
> by the kernel developers?

There isn't a "should" aspect to it - you can compile the kernel with 
any compiler you like. 

Your question is probably related to the README in the kernel sources, 
where the developers are basically saying:

"We recommend you use 2.95.3 because we have lots of history on that 
version. If you use something else and have a problem we won't know 
if it's because of a different compiler or a code bug, so don't 
expect us to fall over ourselves to help you out."

In practice compiling a kernel with 3.x.y is quite safe

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Alan McKinnon
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