Can I run a 2.4 Kernel on FC3

[John Wendel]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> John Wendel asked:
> 
>>I need to connect a usb card reader that has a device driver that only
>>works with a 2.4 kernel (like RH9). Before I go to the trouble of
>>downloading, configuring, flailing, has anyone ever run a 2.4 kernel on
>>an FC3 system? Will the hotplug stuff work? How about udev?
> 
> 
> Steve Snyder wrote:
> 
>>Yes, you can.  I sometimes run a 2.4.x kernel on my FC2 system, to test 
> 
>                                                       ^^^
> 
>>the software that I write.
> 
> 
> FC3 takes more advantage of 2.6 (than FC2 did): as John thought, udev
> and hotplug rely on the /sys work that was done during 2.5 development.
> (And that work was largely responsible for the change in ABI that means
> the original device driver won't work in 2.6)...
> 
> You probably could get something working with a static /dev and manually
> configuring stuff that FC3 normally leaves to hotplug. But it wouldn't
> be a standard FC3, and you'd have to be very careful while upgrading.
> 
> Hint: on the fedora-devel or fedora-test list recently, it was pointed
> out that
> chattr +i $filename
> will stop practically *anything* upgrading that file!
> 
> James.
> 

Thanks for the tips! Not what I wanted to hear, but I figured the /dev 
issue would be a PITA. Maybe I'll have to convert my old play box to 
RH9, I don't think I'm up for the challenge.

Regards,

John