[ale] compiling 2.0 w/ gcc 2.6.3

[Steven A. Duchene]

Charles Hubbard asked:
> I'm currently trying to compile the kernel (2.0) with gcc 2.6.3 and ELF
> support.  The only problem is that gcc is a.out by default, and I'm trying
> to modify the Makefile so that it will create the kernel with ELF.   However,
> I can't find the option that I need to set.  Does anyone know what that might
> be for gcc and ld?  And why aren't there any man pages for ld?
> 

You will not be able to do this. GCC-2.6.3 is an a.out compiler only.
To compile ELF stuff you need GCC-2.7.X 

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