Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:29:56 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: How can I build a 2.4 kernel on a 2.6 System |
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Hi,
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 02:16:40PM +0200, j.d.-linux-kernel@arcor.de wrote: > Hello list > > I will build some 2.4 kernel modules on a system with a running 2.6 kernel. > > Is it possible and how can I do this?
Not sure what you really mean. If you mean build 2.4 modules for 2.4 on a machine running 2.6, that's OK as there's no dependency between the running kernel and the one you're building. However, you should be careful about two things : - gcc: it tends to be too recent for 2.4. gcc 4.1 is the highest version supported. - modutils: most recent distros only ship module-init-tools without the old depmod. If you intend to "make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=..." then get prepared to see some errors from depmod at the end. The easiest solution consists in getting a depmod from an old machine an installing it in /tmp for instance.
Hoping this helps, Willy
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