Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:03:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:03:05 -0500 Received: from zikova.cvut.cz ([147.32.235.100]:30214 "EHLO zikova.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:02:56 -0500 From: "Petr Vandrovec" Organization: CC CTU Prague To: Ben Collins Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 19:32:39 MET-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Bug in large files ext2 in 2.4.0-test11 ? CC: Zdenek Kabelac , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.40 Message-ID: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/