[KLUG Members] 2.4.22 On The Verge

[Adam Williams]

> I think you'll be happier with 2.6.x than with all those backported 2.4
> features. I've never understood why everyone else seems to have a
> problem with compiling their own kernels. ;-)

Me niether,  I haven't had any serious problems before (except that
going through the config takes alot longer than it did under 0.99a).

> > Yep, LVM does NOT work with 2.6.0.  The on-disk format between LVM 1 &
> > 2 is supposed to be compatible, but 2.6.0-test4 cannot locate the LVM
> > 1 volumes.  Strange.  There must be some bit of glue missing.
> I've not migrated volumes from LVM 1 to 2, so I can't help you here.

I haven't either.  The RH 2.6.0-test4 just doesn't see the logical
volumes.  Hence no joy.  But it does put the lvm modules on the initrd. 
Strange.  And I'm loosing interest pretty rapidly since this requires
reboots to test.

> > 2.6.0-test4 will not compile without errors.
> > [root@estate2 linux-2.6.0-test4]# make modules
> > make[1]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
> >   Building modules, stage 2.
> >   MODPOST
> > *** Warning: "sti" [drivers/char/generic_serial.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "save_flags" [drivers/char/generic_serial.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "restore_flags" [drivers/char/generic_serial.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "cli" [drivers/char/generic_serial.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "restore_flags" [drivers/char/epca.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "cli" [drivers/char/epca.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "save_flags" [drivers/char/epca.ko] undefined!
> What does your gcc toolchain look like, as per the example commands in

It matches, or exceeds, what is required in the documentaiton.

> './Documentation/Changes'? Aside from using gcc 3.3.1, not 2.95.3, my
> toolchain is pretty close to the norm and I get no errors. (Or is Red
> Hat foreporting features, now, in their 2.6.x kernel? ;-)

I believe the 2.6.0-test4 RPMs are just 2.6.0-test4.

> o  Gnu C                  2.95.3                  # gcc --version

gcc-3.2.2

> o  Gnu make               3.78                    # make --version

GNU Make version 3.79.1,

> o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v

binutils-2.13.90.0.18-9

> o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version

util-linux-2.11y-9

> o  module-init-tools      0.9.9                   # depmod -V

[awilliam@estate2 awilliam]$ /sbin/depmod -V
depmod version 2.4.25