> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael <confabul...@kintzios.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 21:45 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo > > On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:36:51 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On 17 June 2020 18:52:49 CEST, Raffaele BELARDI > > <raffaele.bela...@st.com> > wrote: > > >Hello, > > > > > >I might need to build and run an old 3.x kernel on a Desktop PC for > > >some very specific tests. Would Gentoo be a good solution? > > >I see that currently gentoo-sources only includes 4.x and 5.x sources. > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >raffaele > > > > Not entirely certain userspace will be supported, but it shouldn't be > > too difficult to test. > > > > -- > > Joost > > Have a look here: > > https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys- > kernel/gentoo-sources/?hideattic=0 > > However, unless you replicate a system from back then you will be trying to > build old sources with a new toolchain. Perhaps it would be easier to fetch
Yes, that is my main worry. I guess there is no way to tell unless you try. > an old minimal CD with a 3 series kernel, or for a ready made OS and kernel > into one, see if you can dig out some older Debian release?
