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On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 12:16:56PM +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote: > Chris Rankin skrev: > >>But maybe it's worth doing a user survey to find out what the users of > >>2.4 want... (and with that I mean users of the kernel.org 2.4 kernels, > >>people who use enterprise distro kernels don't count for this since > >>they'll not go to a newer released 2.4 anyway) > > > >I have only one machine that is still running a v2.4 kernel (from > >ftp.kernel.org), and that is an > >old P120 that I occasionally use as a wireless acess point. > > > >The compiler on this P120 is indeed gcc-3.4. However, building any kernel > >on that machine is now > >so excruciatingly painful that I am considering using a newer, beefier > >machine as a build machine > >instead. That machine is running FC5, and so uses gcc-4.1. So from my > >perspective, being able to > >build a 2.4 kernel using gcc-4.x would be a benefit. > > > > > > Why not simply set up chroots to build in ?? "simply" :-) setting up a reliable build chroot is more difficult than just rebuilding another gcc ! > Thomas Regards, willy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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