From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4578 invoked by alias); 29 Jan 2020 05:57:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact crossgcc-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: crossgcc-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 4569 invoked by uid 89); 29 Jan 2020 05:57:42 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=H*f:sk:CAFUUR5, H*f:sk:RtG1oaM, H*i:sk:CAFUUR5, H*f:pAj5WJT9s X-HELO: gpm.stappers.nl Received: from gpm.stappers.nl (HELO gpm.stappers.nl) (82.161.218.215) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:57:40 +0000 Received: by gpm.stappers.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 40856304176; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 06:57:37 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:57:00 -0000 From: Geert Stappers To: crossgcc@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Building for an old linux kernel target Message-ID: <20200129055737.2uocd7hjknt37u2o@gpm.stappers.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-01/txt/msg00004.txt.bz2 On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 04:04:56PM -0800, Thomas Fuller wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to build a toolchain for an old Arm926 core that's running linux > kernel v2.6.35.3. That kernel isn't in the default list, likely since it's > so far past EOL. In my reading I found > https://crosstool-ng.github.io/docs/internals/ page in the docs, but I > don't quite grok how the kernel.in/kernel.sh files define the different > kernel versions available. Is there a simple path to getting support for > the old kernel setup? > > I'm open to running an older version of crosstool-NG that has support, but > I'm not sure how to figure out what the correct version would be? Changelog. Check the changelog of kernel and GCC for release dates. Say v2.6.35.3 is from februari 2006. Then find the GCC that existed in those days. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven