On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, lin q wrote:
> Hi,
> I am going to build a linux according to LFS. The thing is the kernel I
> want to use is 2.4, while the latest LFS 6.0 is for kernel 2.6. I checked
> the LFS release archive and see that version 5.0 and version 5.1.1 are for
> kernel 2.4.22 and 2.4.26.
>
> I am more inclined to 2.4.22 as it is the version I will use for my
> project, but I jsut wonder if LFS 5.0 is bug-free? I am pretty new to Linux
> build, so the first book I will follow is best to be a good one.
>
In our terms, 2.4.22 is /insanely/ old. If you are running on very
obscure hardware, there may be good reasons to use older kernels, but
then you can pretty much guarantee that lfs hasn't been tested on that
hardware. Specifically, there were a whole raft of security issues with
kernels between 2.4.22 and 2.4.2{5,6} (I can remember that because I was
using obscure hardware and trying to back-port the fixes - it's a mug's
game)
Generally, 2.6 kernels now mostly run better than 2.4 kernels on all
recent processors.
> I do see that version 5.0 is a stable release, just make sure it. And is
> there any place in the web I can find the bug report, or solution record
> just for version 5?
>
> Thanks!
>
Try the lfs bugzilla. AFAIK, all known bugs in the LFS-5 books should
be fixed in 5.1.1.
Ken
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