> 1- The compiler is capable of importing standard make files .. but i > think that the kernel use something called "KBUILD system" so is > considered as a standard Makefile? > 2- I've noticed that the top Makefile for the kernel will look for a > some utilities "like shell for example" will it work without a shell or > one of those utilities? > 3- is the source of the kernel written without any GNU C extensions .. i > mean will it compile with C99 standard ? > 4- The Makefiles has been written for the gcc compiler and and compiler > options .. so is there any compiler option that is needed and that > doesn't to be existed for another compilers? > 5- is this compilation is impossible cause it'll be done on a windows > platform or cause i'll use a compiler other than gcc? > 6- if it was the mater of the environment only .. can cygwin help in > this case ? remember that i have to invoke a windows application > "compiler" from cygwin > after googling i couldn't get any pointer cause it seems very odd and > strange (if not impossible) to compile the linux kernel using a compiler > other than gcc and on a window platform .. so thanks for anypointers > MHD.Tayseer > Hi, I did some thing like this once. I compiled the kernel with a proprietary compiler. But the architecture already had a kernel port (ARM architecture). So my task was just to build & boot using a propritary compiler. The compiler lacked some gcc extentions, so had to look for work arounds. The kernel source uses a lot of gcc extensions. Some of them were available in the compiler I used, using a different syntax. For others, I had to change Linux code. Yes, I used cygwin and it helped a lot. Thanks & Best Regards, Rajat Jain -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
