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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 01:31:00AM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> I don't think I got the above mail, I always answer right away so as not 
> to have mails accumulating.

OK. Thanks. I just needed to say it.

[delete]
> I don't remember what the compilers are even called, I am not good at 
> compiling like you seem to be.

Nothing much to it. Just takes a lot of patience and
concentration to choose the right options. Mostly studying
.../kernel-sources/Documentation/, using Configure.help as a
guideline.

> I had a great deal of help compiling the 
> few things I did compile.  My kernel is broken in two respects (won't 
> work with loop linux or udhcpc).  I just keep experimenting.

Debian package descriptions:

Package: udhcpc
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 112
Maintainer: Eric Van Buggenhaut <ericvb AT debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: udhcp
Version: 0.9.8cvs20050124-3
Provides: dhcp-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4)
Suggests: resolvconf
Filename: pool/main/u/udhcp/udhcpc_0.9.8cvs20050124-3_i386.deb
Size: 22658
MD5sum: 5869ddd8a3a2c6596e34e4de12f5df09

Description: very small DHCP client DHCP is a protocol like BOOTP
(actually dhcpd includes much of the functionality of BOOTPD!).
It assigns IP addresses to clients based on lease times. This
package is primarily geared towards embedded systems. It does
however, strive to be fully functional, and RFC compliant. . This
is the client-side application.

Package: udhcpd
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 156
Maintainer: Eric Van Buggenhaut <ericvb AT debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: udhcp
Version: 0.9.8cvs20050124-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4)
Filename: pool/main/u/udhcp/udhcpd_0.9.8cvs20050124-3_i386.deb
Size: 25018
MD5sum: 4636a05907162ec3230959565f6cac22

Description: very small DHCP server DHCP is a protocol like BOOTP
(actually dhcpd includes much of the functionality of BOOTPD!).
It assigns IP addresses to clients based on lease times. This
package is primarily geared towards embedded systems. It does
however, strive to be fully functional, and RFC compliant. . This
is the server-side application.

There's no mention of udhcp in any of the 2.4.19 docs.

Note that its dependencies are very basic, although this
version requires libc6.

As for "loop linux", I don't know what you are talking about.

Do you mean running linux inside a loop device? /dev/loop0 etc?
What would be the point?

If you want me to build a kernel for you, just tell me where
the sources are, and the config file. Take about 10 minutes,
max. (Not counting downloading the sources, which takes probably
an hour.)

I'll transfer it directly to your box with netcat. Very simple.
Very fast. (If you have the source tarball, send it to me that
way too.)

Lee