Re: Linux 2.4.34-pre1

[Thomas Backlund]

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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