[Xen-devel] FAQ addition

[Kip Macy <kmacy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just accidentally tried compiling Xen with gcc-2.95.1. Needless to say
it failed. The problem went away when I switched to gcc-3.3.2. If this
dependency isn't already in a FAQ somewhere, it might make an
appropriate addition.

                        -Kip


kmacy@xentap make
rm -f include/xeno/compile.h common/kernel.o
rm -f include/linux include/asm
ln -sf xeno include/linux
ln -sf asm-i386 include/asm
cd tools/figlet && make && ./figlet Xen 1.1
1>>../../include/xeno/compile.h && cd ../..
make[1]: Entering directory `/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/tools/figlet'
make[1]: `figlet' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/tools/figlet'
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  /  \  __/ | | | | |_| |
 /_/\_\___|_| |_| |_(_)_|

make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/tools'
make -C figlet
make[2]: Entering directory `/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/tools/figlet'
make[2]: `figlet' is up to date.
5Bmake[2]: Leaving directory `/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/tools/figlet'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/tools'
make -C common
make[1]: Entering directory `/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/common'
gcc -nostdinc -fno-builtin -O3 -Wall -DMONITOR_BASE=0xFC500000
-fomit-frame-pointer -I/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include -D__KERNEL__
-DNDEBUG -c ac_timer.c -o ac_timer.o
In file included from /u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/xeno/lib.h:4,
                 from /u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/asm/spinlock.h:8,
                 from
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/xeno/spinlock.h:40,
                 from /u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/xeno/sched.h:6,
                 from ac_timer.c:19:
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/stdarg.h:43: parse error before
`__gnuc_va_list'
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/stdarg.h:43: warning: type defaults to
`int' in declaration of `__gnuc_va_list'
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/stdarg.h:43: warning: data definition
has no type or storage class
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/stdarg.h:110: parse error before
`va_list'
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/stdarg.h:110: warning: type defaults to
`int' in declaration of `va_list'
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/stdarg.h:110: warning: data definition
has no type or storage class
In file included from /u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/asm/spinlock.h:8,
                 from
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/xeno/spinlock.h:40,
                 from /u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/xeno/sched.h:6,
                 from ac_timer.c:19:
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/xeno/lib.h:45: parse error before
`va_list'
/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/include/xeno/lib.h:48: parse error before
`va_list'
make[1]: *** [ac_timer.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/u/kmacy/xeno-1.1.bk/xen/common'



The only thing I can think of that would matter is that it


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