Le 25/05/2016 16:25, Antonio Trkdz.tab a écrit :
> Thank you Didier and Urban.
>
> >I think you can compile your kernel with any version of gcc 3, 4 or 5, but take care of the C
> library. The libc used by your OS (ie glibc) must be compiled with the
> kernel headers for the kernel version it runs on.
>
> So to be clear...if I download the sources and I compile them with the
> tools actually on my system, do I need the relative linux-headers package?
> building the modules will be OK ?

     You will need the glibc for that kernel. If the glibc doesn't match 
the kernel version, you may experience errors in some applications, 
because the interface to some system calls may have changed.

     Some applications you may want to compile may need the kernel headers.

     Didier