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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > Even to use with a 2.2.16 kernel in BL2?
>
> Why would you want to use a 2.2.16 kernel with
> BL2?  The 2.2.26 kernel works great with BL2.

Because I compiled my own custom kernels which are smaller than your 'big' 
one and I don't want to make config again, and the kernel source is a long 
download.  I have even compiled kernels slightly smaller than your small 
one because my laptops don't need ISA support or probably a few other 
things in your kernel.  2.2.26 supports USB but I only have USB-storage 
devices not mice or keyboards or printers.

On desktops I use 2.4.31 now because it supports USB-storage and I have 
enough RAM.  Or 2.2.26 for computers without USB ports. I use 2.2.16 on 
laptops with 12MB RAM except if I need USB-storage support.

I could download source code at a neighbor's house and compile one 
minimalist 2.2.26 kernel for laptop (no ISA, sound, etc.).  If I had to.

So would uclibc with 2.2.26 headers produce a gzip that works with 2.2.16 
kernel?  Or vice versa?  Lynx with the 2.4.31-uclibc works with 2.2.26, 
gzip does not.  (There is of course a SW4.0 gzip).

Sindi

> Cheers,
> Steven