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It is always safe to use the same compiler for the kernel and external
modules, but in reality, some distributions such as Fedora release a
different version of GCC from the one used for building the kernel.
There was a long discussion about mixing different compilers [1].
I do not repeat it here, but at least, showing a heads up in that
case is better than nothing.
Linus suggested [2]:
And a warning might be more palatable even if different compiler
version work fine together. Just a heads up on "it looks like you
might be mixing compiler versions" is a valid note, and isn't
necessarily wrong. Even when they work well together, maybe you want
to have people at least _aware_ of it.
This commit shows a warning unless the compiler is exactly the same.
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built by: gcc (GCC) 11.1.1 20210531 (Red Hat 11.1.1-3)
You are using: gcc (GCC) 11.2.1 20210728 (Red Hat 11.2.1-1)
Check the difference, and if it is OK with you, please proceed at your
risk.
To avoid the locale issue as in commit
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.