Messages in this thread | | | From | Thomas Backlund <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.34-pre1 | Date | Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:16:56 +0300 |
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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 ??
-- Thomas
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