Using ancient linux versions with crosstools-NG

[Will Wagner]

Hi Roman,

I'm targeting powerpc. If you don't mind it would be great if you could 
send me your working config.

Thanks
Will

On 04/05/2013 02:11, roman@kolesnikov.mobi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is your target? I may have the combination of stable binutils,
> glibc, gcc for you. I have an existing product running 2.6.18 and have
> build the environment for the arm target. Let me know your target, I can
> dig you out the details. I have built the toolchain manually and with
> the older crosstool. I still have my notes.
>
> Roman
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: Using ancient linux versions with crosstools-NG
>     From: Will Wagner <will_wagner@carallon.com
>     <mailto:will_wagner@carallon.com>>
>     Date: Fri, May 03, 2013 5:11 am
>     To: crossgcc@sourceware.org <mailto:crossgcc@sourceware.org>
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I have some hardware that is stuck with an old kernel (2.6.14).
>
>     I'd like to update the toolchain for this but the old kernel version
>     presents some challenges.
>
>     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?
>
>     Can anyone give any advice on how to tackle this issue? Would it be
>     possible to build my user space against a 2.6.19 kernel (first version
>     that has make_headers) and then expect that to run against an older
>     kernel. What are the rules on what kernel versions a C library will
>     work on?
>
>     Many thanks
>     Will
>
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