Chris Simpson wrote:
i can successfully compile a 2.6.17.6 kernel with
patch-2.6.17-rt7, with
Did you try compiling a patched 2.6.17 base version (i.e. no .6)? If I'm
not wrong, the -rt patches should be applied to these 'base' versions
(or how are they called in official terms), not to the maintenance releases.
Pieter