Re: Linux-2.4.4 failure to compile

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"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
> I downloaded linux-2.4.4. The basic kernel compiles but the aic7xxx
> SCSI module that I require on some machines, doesn't.

The aic7xxx assembler requiring libdb1 is a bungle. Getting the headers
for that right on various distros is not easy. Add to that it requires
YACC, when most people have bison (yes, a shell script is easy to make, but
not always an option).

-- 
Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@sun.com
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