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!!! Compiler Version
-The [Kernel] can be sensitive to the version of [GCC] in use. F.ex. 2.4 and early 2.6 kernels did not work with [GCC] 3.x. Versions 2.4.x and below contain
the following snippet in <tt>README</tt>, f.ex.
:
+The [Kernel] can be sensitive to the version of [GCC] in use. F.ex. 2.4 and early 2.6 kernels did not work with [GCC] 3.x. They contained
the following snippet in <tt>README</tt>:
<verbatim>
COMPILING the kernel:
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!!! ModuleInitTools
Starting with 2.5.51, modules have a different format. The extension has also changed from <tt>.o</tt> to <tt>.ko</tt>, for kernel object. To work with modules, you need a completely rewritten set of module tools (modprobe(8), insmod(8), lsmod(8)), collectively called <tt>module-init-tools</tt>. They can coexist with the 2.4.x-specific tools. __Note, however__ that <tt>module-init-tools</tt> no longer reads <tt>modules.conf</tt> and instead uses a new file called modprobe.conf(5) which has a different syntax. <tt>man 5 modprobe.conf</tt> will be your friend here. It's possible to set <tt>modprobe.conf</tt> to handle modules for both 2.4.x and 2.5.x kernels, which is pretty cool if you're a dual-booter.
-!!! nVidia and on
LinuxKernel 2.6
+!!! nVidia and LinuxKernel 2.6
[nVidia drivers|http://www.nvidia.com/linux] version 1.0-6106 and up support all 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, including kernels with the new 2.6 option for 4k stacks.
!!! Other Misc 2.6 Notes
-In the 2.4 series, you could read <tt>/usr/src/linux-''version''/
Documentation/Configure.help</tt> to see all the help for the entries you'd see in <tt>make ''foo''config</tt>. In 2.6, this has moved to individual <tt>Kconfig</tt> files in each sub-directory of the source tree.
+In the 2.4 series, you could read <tt>Documentation/Configure.help</tt> to see all the help for the entries you'd see in <tt>make ''foo''config</tt>. In 2.6, this has moved to individual <tt>Kconfig</tt> files in each sub-directory of the source tree.
!!! See also
* TroubleshootingStartUp has help for some problems while booting kernels
