From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-92480-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1Lmu4y-0001BK-03 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:13:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 31AB3E06D6; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:13:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F82AE06D6 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:13:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 006C32FEDB7 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:13:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:13:08 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: CZwd34R0zBD0QKjYG0wnkTwPyfMo5LVGESyC8VWLO1ng 1238091187 Received: from [10.11.243.204] (nat-pool-rdu.redhat.com [66.187.233.202]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9F5753198B for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:13:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9 From: Albert Hopkins <marduk@letterboxes.org> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <49CBBF99.4080307@f_philipp.fastmail.net> References: <49CBBF99.4080307@f_philipp.fastmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Marduk Enterprises Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:13:24 -0400 Message-Id: <1238091204.3515.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 (2.24.5-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4482a336-e30e-472d-b0d3-7511a70d1ab2 X-Archives-Hash: af68d661be986af209903efc452b4685 On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 18:47 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi list! > > A quick question: > > If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask > ...), are there issues I should be aware of? > > Do I have to mask newer glibc-versions, newer kernel headers or some use > flags? What about the nptl use flag? The oldest supported (gentoo-sources) kernel in the portage tree is 2.6.16. So there is the likelihood that anything that touches the kernel or kernel headers (c library, device drivers, encryption libraries, filesystems, device-mapper, udev/hotplug scripts) may have compatibility issues. OTOH if pull in a really old revision of the portage tree that has 2.6.9 and you never upgrade the tree then you should be fine ;-) -a