Kashif wrote: > I am using a compiler which supports gnu extensions uptil gcc 3.0. As > gcc is used to compile the linux kernel I was wondering at max which > kernel version can be compiled with gcc 3.0? Or is it the case that > gnu extensions with gcc 3.0 are pretty much the same as those that are > supported in the latest release? This is not really a question of the capabilities of gcc but rather of how the kernel is coded. It is tied very closely to gcc, to the point where it has a number of version-specific #ifdefs. It's really more a question for LKML than here. You should read the file Documentation/Changes, which for any given kernel should tell you the minimum required version of gcc. As far as I can tell, kernel 2.6.16 (20-Mar-2006) dropped all support for gcc < 3.2 so don't even bother trying to compile it or anything more recent with your ancient gcc. Brian
