Dave Blackburn wrote: > > I've stumbled on the following apparent bugs in Kernel 2.4.2. > I'm not sure the best place to post this so I decided > to ask here. > > Perhaps this bug is already known. > Is there a place I can look? > I'm under the impression that there is no official > bug tracking database in place for the kernel. > Is this correct? > > An ELF file executes with kernel 2.2.14 (RH6.2) but fails to > execute with kernel 2.4.2 (RH7.1). > > Bug 1: > "No such file or directory" is reported although the file exists. > If the 2.4 loader dislikes the file content, an appropriate > error message should be provided. This could be ld.so reporting its inability to find a shared lib upon which the executable depends. > Bug2: > The file fails to execute under Kernel 2.4.2. > The file is quite old. > However, if feasable, old ELF files should continue > working. If all the proper *.so files exist, it might well run fine. I have upgraded my kernel from 2.2.16 to 2.4.5 without changing anything else (besides the items mentioned in Documentation/Changes) and had no problem. HTH, -- Joe # "You know how many remote castles there are along the # gorges? You can't MOVE for remote castles!" - Lu Tze re. Uberwald # Linux MM docs: http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
