Using ancient linux versions with crosstools-NG

[Yann E. MORIN]

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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