Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Petr Vandrovec" <> | Date | Mon, 20 Nov 2000 19:32:39 MET-1 | Subject | Re: Bug in large files ext2 in 2.4.0-test11 ? |
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On 20 Nov 00 at 13:19, Ben Collins wrote: > > Does kernel 2.4.x compile and run well for all of our supported archs?
AFAIK yes. At least on all Debian archs.
> Do programs compiled against a glibc with LFS (2.4.x kernel) support, and > using that LFS support, work on kernel 2.2.x machines?
Yes. Even glibc (2.2) compiled against kernel without LFS support has LFS interface. Of course limited to 2GB files only.
> Secondly, anyone who thinks they know what they are doing, can simply > download the Debian glibc sources files, and build against kernel-2.4.0 > headers with this simple command: > > LINUX_SOURCE=/usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test11 apt-get -b source glibc > > Simple, eh? :)
But time consuming... If you already invested CPU power to compile that large beast... Best regards, Petr Vandrovec vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
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