On 21/08/05, Jan Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 18:14:07 +0530, pavan wrote: > > I am surprised to know that 2.6.x kernel can not be built on 2.4.x > > kernel distribution. > > It has nothing to do with which kernel that distribution uses. But it > requires sufficiently new utilities, as some interfaces (especially the > module one) have evolved and the tools evolved with them. What utilities are > needed is documented in Documentation/Changes in the kernel tree, as always. > > > Can anyone tell me howto update modutils to make the things work? > > I will first try to update modutils and see.if it is not working then i > > will switch over to a distribution based on 2.6.x kernel. > > The modutils for 2.6 are now called module-init-tools. If you can get hands > on a package for your distribution, it should be crafted so it calls to > modutils when 2.4 kernel is running, since the old modutils package is still > needed for that. > as i saw under SlackWare 9.0 which does not come with right modeutils kernel complines about some fetures are not there > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDCH7uRel1vVwhjGURAmBLAKDmPEjSqB6JUZQLx39R+JGW44Y1vwCgjCcC > SawKfwQG18QSWrdI3NXDAHo= > =gmdv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- Ozan -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
