Building new 2.4.1x kernels.

[Collins Richey]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:14:14 -0500
Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:

> On 1/21/2003 10:51 AM, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote:
> > [ snips ]
> > 
> > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:17:51 -0500
> > Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:17:31 -0500 kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:
> >>
> >>I have a RH 8  box and want to up the kernel to 2.4.20.
> > 
> > 
> >>>The latest kernel are patch-2.4.20.gz. I am used to
> >>>linux-2.4.x.tar.gz. 
> >>
> >>Keith, where ever you found the patches, there will be complete
> >kernel>source tarballs.
> >>
> >>As far as compiling a new kernel, the steps in the kernel compile
> >sxs>are still accurate. 
> >>
> >>That said, have fun. Kernel 2.4.20 has been quite nice.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Just a side note here, gentoo are reporting that ide bugs with ...20
> > kernels is one of the items to be resolved before releasing gentoo
> > 1.4_final.   I don't have any further details, but I'm staying with
> > ..19+ until further notice.  By doing so, I also missed out on the
> > EXT3 bugs.
> > 
> 
> I've also read that kernel 2.4.20 may not compile with gcc 3.2 that's 
> supplied by RedHat in 8.0. I'd be interested in knowing if Keith gets
> it compiled and working.
> 

The only 3.2.x compiler that mostly works seems to be 3.2.1, so if
Scarlet Topper is stuck at 3.2, all bets are off.

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Collins Richey - Denver area
Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2++ system