Bug 119515

Summary:	GCC upgrade guide, missing info
Product:	[OLD] Docs-developer	Reporter:	Koen de Roo <kderoo>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Koen de Roo 2006-01-19 01:18:31 UTC

While working through the guide I came across the problem that packages like ndiswrapper who work as a module to the kernel, will not work anymore until you recompile your kernel. Otherwise the kernel is compiled in GCC 3.3 and the modules in GCC 3.4.
I think this warning should be added to the guide as more and more people are using wireless networks with ndiswrapper.

Comment 1 Jan Kundrát (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-01-19 03:33:08 UTC

The following text has been present in the guide since its publishing:

"Always use same GCC version for your kernel and additional kernel modules. Once you rebuild your world with new GCC, external modules (like app-emulation/qemu-softmmu) will fail to load. Please rebuild your kernel with new GCC to fix that."