Re: gcc versions?

On 5/8/06, George Hartzell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm working my way through the openembedded cookbook for setting up a
> build environment.
>
> I'm interested in OZ for a tosa, and I think that the recent releases
> are based on 2.6 kernels.
>
> The OE pages say that gcc 2.95.3 is required for the 2.4 kernel line,
> but it's not clear what required/ok for the 2.6 line.
>
> Am I asking for a lot of headaches if I build with the 3.3.2 tarball
> from www.openzaurus.org?
>
> Can I build the kernel w/ 2.95.3 and the userland w/ 3.3.2?
>

The 2.95 toolchain is *only* for building the 2.4 embeddix kernels.

Use the newest toolchain for building anything else.

HOWEVER, if you're using OE you don't have to "install" any toolchain
for 2.6 kernels. OE will build for toolchain for you.

--
Justin Patrin


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