Kernel Q

[unit at panix.com]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Mario Scarpa wrote:

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> When are we going to get the kernel source and have it compile
> out of the box without wandering around patches, broken
> dependencies and other glue ?
> Every time I try to compile the kernel on my Lombard PB I
> end up with something that - in the best case - bootstraps
> but lacks always something (X working only at 16bpp, the
> sound card or the modem not seen and so on...) and often
> just panics at IDE recognition...
> I mean, I don't want to get my ultranew PCI microwave owen
> recognized: I just would like to compile this fucking multicast
> support into a working kernel :-(

i have been compiling kernels on a pb walls (not too dissimilar
arch) since 2.2pre4 with next to no trouble. X has been solid at 32bpp,
(had some small problems with XFree86-3.3.5 that where resolved quickly).
I can only think of one occasion when a kernel has not booted (a 2.3.x).

cal-s


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