On 2022/8/22 16:04, Willy Tarreau wrote:
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 03:49:51PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure my toolchain is too new for v4.14.0. But my distro only provides the latest and mostly upstream packages.
Then there's something odd in your use case. Old kernels are aimed at those who need to have systems on which nothing changes. It's particularly strange to be stuck in the past for the kernel but to continually upgrade userland. Most often it's the opposite that's seen.
Yep, that's my bad, just too lazy to get a time-period correct distro, or learn other package management tools from other distros.
Regardless, if you need an older compiler, just use these ones:
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/They go back to 4.9.4 for x86, you'll surely find the right one for your usage. I've long used 4.7.4 for kernels up to 4.9 and 6.5 for 4.19 and above, so something within that area will surely match your needs.
BTW, it would be way more awesome if the page can provide some hint on the initial release date of the compilers.
It would help a lot of choose the toolchain then.
It may be a even worse disaster to find a way to rollback to older toolchains using my distro...
No, using a prebuilt toolchain like those above is quite trivial and it will avoid messing up with your local packages. That's the best solution I can recommend.
Thanks for all the info, it really helps a lot, Qu
Willy