Compiling kernels in debian potato

["John R. Sheets" <dusk@ravendusk.org>]

Hullo,

I'm just looking for some general advice on which compiler I should use
for building kernels in the latest Debian unstable.  I currently have
gcc 2.95.1 installed (haven't upgraded to 2.95.2 yet), plus 2.91.66
compiled from a tarball.  Are these too modern for the 2.2 kernel?  I've
heard that you shouldn't use egcs to compile 2.0.x kernels, and sure
enough, 2.0.36 bails out with a compile error.

I'd rather stick with a 2.2 kernel, though.  Any thoughts?  Obviously, I
don't have much experience with kernel building yet, but I do have a
firm grounding in software development.

As a footnote, my real goal is just to get sound working.  I have a SB
AWE32 card.  If it's possible to get it going without having to
recompile my kernel, then the above requests are (for now) moot.  (c:

Thanks,
John