From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750705AbVHRWxX (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:53:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750710AbVHRWxX (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:53:23 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:22023 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750705AbVHRWxW (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:53:22 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:53:12 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Imanpreet Arora Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux under 8MB Message-ID: <20050818225312.GG3822@stusta.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 03:41:30AM +0530, Imanpreet Arora wrote: > Hi all, > > For the last couple of days, I have been trying to set > up linux kernel under 8MB. So far I have set up a linux 2.4.31, which > just works under 8MB. However, I would be grateful if someone could > help with the following queries > > a) Is linux2.4 just the right option? What about linux 2.0.x? > Or for that matter even <2.0 The more interesting case would ne a recent 2.6 kernel with General setup Configure standard kernel features (for small systems) enabled and appropriate options below this option selected. > b) What are the specific issues that are to be considered > while compiling an old kernel on a newer setup? I ask this because I > compiled my current setup on a 2.6.11 machine and while doing "make > modules_install", I got errors from depmod[%], complaining about > depmod.old. I had to kludge my way through by setting up a link from > depmod.old to depmod. What userspace do you want to use on the 8MB machine? You need a userspace that supports such an old kernel. > [%] Not to mention that on a FC4 machine, gcc 4,x meowed while > compiling the kernel. gcc 4.0 is not a working compiler for _any_ kernel below 2.6.12. > TIA, cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed