From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
To: Will Wagner <will_wagner@carallon.com>
Cc: crossgcc@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Using ancient linux versions with crosstools-NG
Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 15:48:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130503154822.GD13381@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5183D927.7090207@carallon.com>
Will, All,
On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 04:35:03PM +0100, Will Wagner wrote:
> On 03/05/2013 16:17, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> >>
> >>The main problem I hit is that the kernel source doesn't support the make
> >>kernel_headers rule. Older crosstools-ng (~1.2) supported kernels this old
> >>so maybe it's possible to add back in support?
> >
> >No, we're not adding back support for so old kernels in crosstool-NG.
>
> Sorry, wasn't clear. Didn't want to add it back upstream. Was wondering if I
> could patch it locally and was wondering what is involved.
Not sure, it's been a while that's been removed...
> Thanks. that's really helpful. To get round the problem with 2.6.14 not
> having make kernel_headers I'll try to use 2.6.19 and toolchain of that era
> but set the minimum supported kernel version to 2.6.14 and hopefully that
> won't be too bad for performance.
Maybe you won't even notice.
> Given this I assume I'm better off using an older version for crosstool-ng
> rather than trying to patch the current version with older version of linux,
> binutils, gcc etc.
Well, the "Minimum kernel version" will probably be enough for you.
Try to stick with an not-too-recent gcc and binutils, though.
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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2013-05-03 12:11 Will Wagner
2013-05-03 15:18 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-05-03 15:35 ` Will Wagner
2013-05-03 15:48 ` Yann E. MORIN [this message]
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2013-05-07 10:10 ` Will Wagner
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