*** Regarding gcc 2.7.2 can compile kernels ?;
*** Ruben van Staveren <staveren@guyot.ptf.hro.nl> adds:

Ruben> Hi As the subject says: can GCC 2.7.2 compile your kernels ?
Ruben> (and if so, will that version of gcc be included in
Ruben> e.g. NetBSD1.2 2.4.5 is getting pretty old I think)

I successfully compiled the 1.1 release kernel using gcc 2.7.2
compiled and installed straight from the FSF archives (no NetBSD
modifications).  So the answer is yes :-) Furthermore, the -current
versions of NetBSD have been using gcc 2.7.2 for months now.

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