Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:30:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:30:05 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:56254 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:29:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:30:24 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: Kirill Ratkin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Very old kernel. Message-ID: <20011016153024.X25701@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <200110161123.f9GBNXw01262@spnew.snpe.co.yu> <20011016103906.97044.qmail@web11906.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20011016103906.97044.qmail@web11906.mail.yahoo.com>; from kratkin@yahoo.com on Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 03:39:06AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 03:39:06AM -0700, Kirill Ratkin wrote: > Hi. Do anybody know how to compile old kernel? (I need > to compile 2.0.35 verion). I make config and make dep, > when I do it I see error (during make dep). I found > this problem as bus error in mkdep binary. I tried to > take config scripts from 2.4.x kernel and it's ok but > when I tried to compile I saw many error connected > with asm statement and function type prefixes (like > __constant_memcopy). I wouldn't like to install old > gcc and old binutils. Are there ways to compile old > kernel with new dev. tools? The __asm__ in v2.0.xx won't compile with too new binutils (unless you use v2.0.40-pre[12], where I've fixed this), and a new gcc will miscompile the x86 port at least. /David _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/