Re: EMC and Red Hat 8.0

[Paul <paul.corner-at-tesco.net>]

Hi John

Both gcc-2.96 and gcc-3.2 generate a substantial number or compile time 
errors when processing rtai.c - Most of the errors involve pre-processing the 
commands used in building the interrupt dispatch handlers.
Whilst some of the rtai demo and test programs appear to work and EMC 
compiles with few complaints, it does not run. Fire up EMC, everything 
appears to be normal, but attempt to make a move - Nothing happens.

A number of other realtime applications have reported problems when 
attempting to use gcc-2.96 & 3.x. The rtai team is emphatic about using the 
recommended compiler - Either egcs or the preferred choice of gcc-2.95.

Regards, Paul.


On Friday 29 Nov 2002 8:26 am, John Sheahan wrote:
> I've been running rh8 for a while now,
> (not on emc) and it works better than any older
> releases.
>
> whats the issue with gcc 2.96? subversions before 53 were a worry - but
> that was fixed ages back.