To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
From: Thomas Backlund <tmb@mandriva.org>
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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