Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] xruns - FC2/Planet(custom) vs. Gentoo(custom)
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Sun Oct 03 2004 - 22:24:19 EEST
On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 11:51:29 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:28:41 +0100, Steve Harris
> <s.w.harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 10:09:41 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > So, the question at hand is why should the same kernel, built under
> > > two different distro's, but run on the same machine, produce different
> > > results. It's likely either what the compiler flags were, or what the
> > > libraries were, or what was running in the background. (So I think...)
> >
> > Have you tried just booting the planet built kernel under gentoo?
> >
> > - Steve
> >
>
> Steve,
> I have not been that bold. would it work? At a minimum I'm fairly
> sure that glibc and gcc itself are different versions. Right or wrong
> my Gentoo box is updated almost daily to whatever the Gentoo gods
> consider 'stable', which is not as stable as you and I would
> necessarily call stable. Still, it's an interesting idea. Whatwoudl I
> drage over? The kernel binary and all of /lib/modules/this-kernel?
I /think/ it might work, yes, the kernel doesnt link against libc (or
anything else for that matter), so I dont think compatibility is an issue.
The /boot/* stuff would be needed and /lib/modules, but I think thats
enough.
Whats the worst that could happen ;)
> Cheers & a happy Sunday to you,
Happy sunday to you too, and good luck if you try it :)
- Steve
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