Compiler & Statically Linked Question

Compiler & Statically Linked Question

[Richard B. Tilley (Brad)]

Hello,

I would like to start running some of the 2.5.x kernels for testing
purposes on a wide selection (about 12 machines) of Intel x86 PCs that I
have collected for testing purposes.

I would like to have one build machine where I build a kernel and then
use that kernel on all of the test PCs. I do not want to build a kernel
for each machine.

The PCs have very different hardware and I'd like to play around with
different c libraries on these PCs. So, what would be the best way to
build a kernel that would work in this type of environment?

Thank you,

Brad

Re: Compiler & Statically Linked Question

[Chris Friesen]

Richard B. Tilley (Brad) wrote:

> I would like to have one build machine where I build a kernel and then
> use that kernel on all of the test PCs. I do not want to build a kernel
> for each machine.

Build all the kernels for the lowest common denominator of processor, 
and compile in all the drivers for all the hardware.

> The PCs have very different hardware and I'd like to play around with
> different c libraries on these PCs. So, what would be the best way to
> build a kernel that would work in this type of environment?

The kernel has nothing to do with different C libraries.

Chris




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Re: Compiler & Statically Linked Question

[Richard B. Tilley (Brad)]

On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 14:12, Chris Friesen wrote:
> The kernel has nothing to do with different C libraries.
> 
> Chris

So, if the compiler on the build system was gcc-3.2 and the c library
was glibc-2.2.x, then it would not matter if the compiler and c library 
on the install systems were of differing versions? Is this what you
mean?

Thank you,

Brad

Re: Compiler & Statically Linked Question

[Chris Friesen]

Richard B. Tilley (Brad) wrote:

> So, if the compiler on the build system was gcc-3.2 and the c library
> was glibc-2.2.x, then it would not matter if the compiler and c library 
> on the install systems were of differing versions? Is this what you
> mean?

Correct.  The kernel is totally self-sufficient and does not use the C 
library.

Chris



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