From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7EA481382C5 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B291E0A44; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:35:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1799E09AB for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:35:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5F225C019E for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:35:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap21 ([10.202.2.71]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:35:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=aeam.us; h= mime-version:message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:from:to :subject:content-type; s=fm2; bh=HdavbBFcS6FNok/Sy6c2PscGz54uSKH 8oWBsbRqPcqU=; b=dTMZakb6WPOU7lFl3gs6Z4LcWeNcJQSy4+vAPMx9npG2U6/ QTxb9hDDJG9Ld4naa7uuF+70YWLmYD6hMfQxPD7HBcXDF85uqDt/Z3phK/8vZqBf t1cu9rs0OXObuSwxoTp+YhcVxgRZdkLK6evffX2QB5l+/yj9GJlHD4lgDf70/4wv 6mPRSXfNiPd6t7u1P1s5Nzzcg4OhNuCjhePKR4eR6axfkZLpVf0VGPAkcDfwgAyU MCWPbUS8ngTR983dfa0np9unZi785cz3XRXxg5l9WeTs7vhX+y3R+Jg5TtF26pUk Q3yotb17qXmyYfjH1nz/ZMNoD4e+W3ydgjvpnIA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=HdavbB FcS6FNok/Sy6c2PscGz54uSKH8oWBsbRqPcqU=; b=mYtV9+KHb02DyylOPGwiqx c0K0/Srs6uoPZ/M3pxqQW7JEWTAPmEfNQcuxdTh/wrh+tt2WlG2kRRsjeg3Ltl1u ylt0aIX9NUAN67s+7BcTkgx0fO63KBgvIaCpCDnVv2ezLCs7pZVBsPqPuVschhva 0UN/0QocReoobaqwTWOxZPgfFN0fSle80hEbTkF+Vhc5HykSl9GyOGAI2NzAMCb0 ViRazXZ1+mU48Tbs7jLVQeA18Mrz3UcMFTPHzVnGhkbFRj4gaMFgDm3vGOQCjtCI qa/F5uC0vbUoSg4KORHn65QuY53ALmoDMeagyU2KsXktwcH3+JtIawlkPbSPabFw == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrtddtgdegkecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepofgfggfkjghffffhvffutgesthdtre dtreertdenucfhrhhomhepfdfuihguucfuphhrhidfuceoshhiugesrggvrghmrdhusheq necuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepveeghfevveetteefteekjeejhedufffffffhuefflefhue ffudefudeljeefuefgnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghi lhhfrhhomhepshhiugesrggvrghmrdhush X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7221766007F; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:35:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.3.0-dev0-576-gfe2cd66-fm-20200629.001-gfe2cd668 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:34:44 -0500 From: "Sid Spry" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo Content-Type: text/plain X-Archives-Salt: ba67b191-2f48-4f0a-9602-3fbfeccfc085 X-Archives-Hash: 0c8c48adf9aa02539616a552ad864cbe On Sun, Jun 21, 2020, at 5:31 AM, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: james > > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 21:36 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo > > > > On 6/17/20 12:52 PM, Raffaele BELARDI 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 > > > > > > > I use a 3.18.40 kernel, currently, on one of my AMD systems. It has > > thousands of source build packages, not only from portage but many others. > > > > What about the rest of the system, in particular GCC and the C > libraries? Do you manage to build the 3.x kernel with up to date system > or do you need to ''freeze'' some packages? > If you don't care about age of the userland most tools are actually very backwards compatible and should work on a 3.x kernel. You will need to try it, but I expect the modern @system set of packages would work just fine. If you do need an old userland what I might try to do is grab an old Debian/Ubuntu CD. You could then use Portage Prefix to build the older tools you need with a more contemporary userland. Again, the bigger issue will be old releases falling out of tree.