Badger's kernel was compiled with GCC 3.4, but installes GCC4.0.....

So how do you compile a kernel using 4 when it always asks for 3.4

short and to the point i know, but i'm trying to get my wifi to work.
using Hedgehog compiling the latest ndiswrapper was easy, and it worked.

using badger i can't get it to work with the installed ndis, so compiling the newer version has just been a run around, cant find gcc 3.4, as the kernel has to match. but again i can't re-compile the kernel because it needs 3.4........ so where/how does the circle end.


Regards
Alistair Crust
Newbie-ish

First install gcc-3.4 ->
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4

Now whenever you need to use 3.4 do this ->
export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 CXX=/usr/bin/g++-3.4

Gcc 4.0 will be the default still, but exporting those variables will tell the makefile to use gcc-3.4.
Also if you find yourself not using 4.0 as much, just change the symlinks in /usr/bin ->
sudo rm /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/g++
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-3.4 /usr/bin/gcc
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/g++-3.4 /usr/bin/g++

That will make 3.4 the defaqult compile. You can use the export thing to set 4.0 as you need it.

Which came first the chicken or the egg.

Am i right in thinking that:

without network access i can't get the wifi working (apt-get needs to find gcc3.4 off the net right, cos i don't think it on the cd)


and without the wifi working i cant get net access..... Go figure!

Help.