[LinuxBIOS] A question about compiling linuxBIOS

Stefan Reinauer stepan at openbios.org
Fri Sep 16 10:37:47 CEST 2005


Dear Xuehua,

* Frank Samuel <windrainman at yahoo.com> [050916 06:29]:
> Tried on four platforms but met different problems. I 
> feel surprised and would like to ask some questions
> here.
> 1. Do I need to compile it on a machine with IWILL
> DK8S2 motherboard?

No, any machine with an x86 gcc or cross-gcc will do.

> 2. Do I need to use a specific kernel version, gcc
> version?

Some gcc versions may cause problems, though all newer 
versions seem to be fine. I'm using some gcc 3.3.5 
preversion and it works fine.

Could you send a more detailed error description (ie the explicit error
line(s) you are seeing.

Stefan












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