> > I have tried the same configuration settings with a 2.2.17 kernel, and
> > that refuses to work :-( So I guess using 2.2.18 for the Alpha port will
> > be a good choice ;-)
> Excellent news! I guess that means I'll be moving to 2.2.18 pretty soon,
> then. Once you can come up with a satisfactory generic kernel config,
> send it this way and I'll merge it on into the tree. It'll be nice to
> have kernels booting machines other than the ones I have :)
You'll get a copy of the config as soon as I have one ready!
> Also, if you've got any questions as to why we include (or don't include)
> certain options, just ask away. I probably don't know all the answers to
> that stuff, but I'm sure I can figure something out.
I have a few already:
You don't set 'CONFIG_MODVERSIONS' and 'CONFIG_KMOD'. Why not?
For a generic kernel that many people will use exclusively (I'm thinking
when this becomes official), people would bennefit from being able to
load modules that they themselves have not compiled ond where possibly
compiled for older kernel versions (MODVERSIONS). The kernel module
loader would also make things easyer for people without much knowledge of
loading kernel modules - again, I can see why you would leave it out for
yourself (I would too), but for a generic kernel that will be used by
everyone?
> Additionally, please make sure that USB support doesn't break things,
> since I'd like to make the USB modules and add them to the modules
> package. I've got one machine with USB ports on it, so might as well
> build them all...
I don't have USB on this machine, so I will first try and build a working
generic kernel without USB, and then when I'm happy with it, I'll add
USB.
I'll be doing this in relatively small steps, adding a few
features/modules at a time to make it easier to find out what breaks (if
anything - one might hope that 2.2.18 has eliminated all the issues with
this box).
/Jesper Juhl
Juhl@eisenstein.dk
http://jesper.staff.groundcontrol.dk/
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