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@@ -39,31 +39,14 @@ list discussion): Linux 2.4.x kernels -BusyBox 0.45 currently will not work with the Linux 2.4.x kernels. +BusyBox 0.46 currently will not work with the Linux 2.4.x kernels. I know of the following problems: -1) The sysinfo syscall has changed what it does (binary incompatable), breaking - init and free. -2) BusyBox NFS support is broken with 2.4.x (needs to be adjusted for NFSv3 and +1) BusyBox NFS support is broken with 2.4.x (needs to be adjusted for NFSv3 and kernel header changes). -3) mount,umount,and df are all broken by the "none" entries for fake filesystems - such as the shared mem one. Al Viro claims these will be disappearing soon... - -I made a kernel patch that reverts the sysinfo changes - http://kernelnotes.org/lnxlists/linux-kernel/lk_0006_01/msg00619.html - -and I have been fighting with Alan Cox to get these changes fixed in a binary -compatable way, but Alan has so far not been very receptive. I am planning on -appealing to Linus (when he gets back from vacation) and then going with -whatever he decides... - -So my thought is, 2.4.x just isn't ready for BusyBox to target it, and even if -it was, BusyBox isn't ready yet either. Seems to me like this will not be -ready for a while, and we should just not worry about it yet. As long as I have BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT turned off, everything compiles cleanly -for me with linux2.4.0test1-ac22-riel (i.e. I don't see the freeramdisk.c -problem you reported). I use Debian potato (gcc 2.95.2, GNU libc 2.1.3). +for me with linux2.4.0test2. I use Debian potato (gcc 2.95.2, GNU libc 2.1.3). Of course, as noted above, compiling != working. ----------- |