RE: Howto set kernel makefile to use particular gcc

[Mukund JB.]

Thanks for that.
I will test it

thanks,
Mukund Jampala

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris White [mailto:chriswhite@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:54 PM
> To: Mukund JB.
> Cc: Alessandro Suardi; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Howto set kernel makefile to use particular gcc
> 
> 
> On Friday 30 December 2005 16:04, Mukund JB. wrote:
> > Dear Alessandro,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> > What does that the make CC=<path_to_your_gcc_3.3> do?
> > Will it set my gcc default build configuration to gcc 3.3?
> 
> Not Alessandro but,
> 
> CC sets the CC makefile variable.  When the kernel build 
> system goes to 
> compile something, it doesn't call on gcc directly, but 
> rather what the 
> variable CC is set to.  By setting it to your gcc 3.3 
> compiler, it will use 
> that instead.
> 
> > I mean the general procedure is make bzImage; make modules....
> > How do I do these:
> >
> > Will I have to do it like:
> > 	make bzImage cc=<gcc path>
> 
> make CC=<gcc path> bzImage
> 
> note the case sensitivity, which tends to be somewhat of a 
> pain for new *nix 
> users.
> 
> > Best Regards,
> > Mukund Jampala
> 
> Chris White
> 
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