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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Grant Edwards |
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<grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I need to do some testing with kernels as far back as 2.6.25. I've |
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> currently got a Gentoo box that can build and run kernels ranging from |
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> 3.14.rc2 to 2.6.32. There are various gcc and make issues which have |
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> been successfully dealt with, but now I'm stuck on DEVTMPFS. |
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> Prior to 2.6.32 DEVTMPFS isn't available, so even though I can build |
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> and boot a 2.6.25 kernel, udev craps out. |
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> There are plenty of spare paritions to play with, so doing a Linux |
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> install to test with kernels older than 2.6.32 is no problem. |
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> I'm wondering if instead of downloading an old Ubuntu or Fedora DVD, |
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> is there any way to install an "old" version of Gentoo that will work |
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> with pre-DEVTMPFS kernels? |
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Do you actually need udev? If you can get away with just having a |
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static /dev with pre-created device nodes, that would be the simplest |
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solution. |
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