Re: Question (about building 2.6.8.1)

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

Kyle Unice wrote:
> I use the rc36 tool and the demo-arm-softfloat.sh works fine.  I then 
> compiled the linux-2.6.6 and that built well under cygwin (with some 
> patches from Alex Povolotsky).  I then downloaded the linux-2.6.8.1 and 
> tried building it in the same manner.  I get unresolved externals which 
> leads me to wonder…. Does the crosstool building require the same linux 
> version headers in order to cross compile linux or can one build the 
> crosstool with an earlier version of linux and then crosscompile a later 
> version?

The kernel headers used when you built the toolchain don't matter
too much when building a kernel with that toolchain, if that's
what you're worried about.  So your 2.6.8.1 problem is probably
a kernel problem, not a toolchain problem.  You might post the
error message and see if anyone else is running into it.

Where did you get Alex's patches?  I imagine those were for the
ipt_ecn.c vs. ipt_ECN.c conflict.  I'd like to have  a copy.
- Dan


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