emc2 BDI-4.xx

I want to get emc2 and halcope to try custom mcodes

I followed all the recent notices about BDI3.25,6,7,8,9,30
that fixed (god knows what it fixed after all this confusion,
paul did something for les watts's hiccups at quadrants )

I tried to install almost every one of those rapid fire revisions
and after each install, read about a newer one.

then 4.30 finally installs
and emc2 wont configure
and I find this teensy note on sourceforge as the reason why emc2 wont
configure

John K sez emc2 wont build with the current 2.6 kernel

well that note was from 2004
is it still true?

I did an anonymous checkout today & then ( as opposed to the notes on
Linuxcnc.org which have you in the wrong directory... )
cd src
./configure
results in...
checking for /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.12.6-magma/include/linux/version.h
usability... no
presence... no

well. it's some use of the word presence that i'm not familiar with,
cuz I went there & read the dang thing

what version BDI do I downgrade to to get emc2 to build? AND have Halcmd and
Halscope working? What kernel version is neccesary? Any other caveats?

TomP