[PLUG] Kernel 2.2.17 not compiling with gcc

[Rick]

>> After moving from RedHat 6.2 to 7.0, the Kernel 2.2.17 would no longer
>> recompile.  Gcc 2.96-54 has errors when trying to compile
>> /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/libs/checksum.S by saying the #define directives at
>> lines 231 and 237 had bad punctuation.

RedHat put a beta-version of the gcc (egcs) compiler into 7.0.  The
new version of gcc is not bad; it produces more optimal code than
prior versions of gcc.  ...it just has a long history of picking
fights with the kernel source.

RedHat also included a separate compiler intended to use for the
kernel called kgcc.  Change the HOST_CC variable in
/usr/src/linux/Makefile to kgcc and the build should work even with
the new compiler installed.

The 2.2.18 pre-patches already have a workaround to use the right compiler.

Rick