Hi Dennis.
> I'm using the ax25 protocol under RedHat linux with kernel
> 2.2.3. This works just fine. The only problem is that any
> attempt to compile a kernel fails. I've tried several times
> to do this, but it never works.
> After trying to compile a kernel on my own pc, i've moved to a
> other computer. The first attempt to compile the kernel on that
> other pc worked!! My own computer uses a Cyrix 486DX2-80Mhz CPU,
> while the other pc uses an Intel Pentium 200Mhz CPU. Could the
> Cyrix CPU be the problem??
That I can't answer as I've never used Cyrix CPU's personally, and the
only person I know who's ever tried a Cyrix CPU had a CPU that proved
to be incompatible with the motherboard he'd been given. However...
> I friend of my told me that he compile's kernels on a Intel 486
> pc. So i don't think that you can't compile kernels on 486 Pc's.
I have a notebook with an Intel 486dx4/75 CPU on which I've compiled
many different Linux kernels, ranging from 2.0.34 through 2.2.6 (soon
to be 2.2.7), and only excluding 2.2.0 as both 2.2.0 and 2.2.1 were
released whilst I was away. I've never had any problems compiling any
of them...
I also have access to a desktop with an AMD 486sx/50 on which I've
compiled both 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 without problem...
Best wishes from Riley.
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| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
