Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751196AbVJDJeP (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Oct 2005 05:34:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751203AbVJDJeP (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Oct 2005 05:34:15 -0400 Received: from anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.89]:58125 "EHLO anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751196AbVJDJeP (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Oct 2005 05:34:15 -0400 From: Felix Oxley To: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: make xconfig fails for older kernels Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:34:05 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 Cc: linux-kernel , zippel@linux-m68k.org References: <4TJDn-2mm-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <4341FBA8.3020208@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <4341FBA8.3020208@shaw.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200510041034.07837.lkml@oxley.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 718 Lines: 19 On Tuesday 04 October 2005 04:48, Robert Hancock wrote: > What gcc version? The configuration program may have had some compile > bugs with newer compilers that were fixed in later kernels. In > particular I think gcc4 is stricter about those "static declaration > follows non-static" problems. I think you have nailed it. I'm using GCC 4.0.2. Incidentally the first 2.6 kernel in which this issue was resolved is 2.6.9. I will install GCC 2.9.5. Thanks to all. Felix - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/