Is it impossible to compile kernel 2.6.14.6 on kernel 2.6.26??

corone · 07-19-2009, 08:52 AM

Hi,
This is about the kernel compile.

When I compiled the linux kernel source 2.6.14.6 with gcc 4.1 on Debian linux (kernel 2.6.26-2-686), there occured a large number of warnings.

such as

Code:

include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78:warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[6]'

But when I compiled the linux kernel source 2.6.30.1 with gcc 4.1 on Debian linux (kernel 2.6.26-2-686), there occured just a few of warning.
(same configration, same environment)

What do the above error messages mean??

And why do the error messages occur only in the kernel source 2.6.14.6 ?

I would appreciate your answer.
Thank you.

Coburn64 · 07-19-2009, 11:42 PM

Sometimes the kernel isn't complied with our versions of GCC and co, they could be older or 'modded' versions. Plus, the kernel source could be have been made on a different platform, and may be no errors there.

If your kernel build works, don't worry about them. It wouldn't hurt anything.