On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Stuart Winter <m-li...@biscuit.org.uk>wrote:
> > > That's certianly a good idea, quite agree about recompiling the kernel. > Only > > snag is I don't know anywhere near enough about doing so - especially on > > arm, and from what I've read there needs to be special bits 'n' pieces > > compiled in for (say) the gpu to work properly. I'm really thinking I'll > > have to wait this isn't something I have anywhere enough ability to do > x.x ! > > Each architecture should have a default configuration. > So you cd into the root of the Linux kernel source, and do for example: > make ARCH=arm rpc_defconfig > which would place the RiscPC default configuration as the kernel '.config' > file. You can find the configs in: > arch/arm/configs > > If the Efika can boot via tftp (I haven't been following the thread much) > then you place the newly compiled kernel onto your tftp server and boot it > over the network. This way you leave the original one (on your NAND or > whatever) in tact. This is how I usually test the new kernels for > ARMedslack. > This way, if your kernel works then it does -- if not, you can recompile > until you get it right. > > -- > Stuart Winter > Slackware ARM: www.armedslack.org > _______________________________________________ > ARMedslack mailing list > ARMedslack@lists.armedslack.org > http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack > Had a look around online and came aross this; http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2011/05/16/linux-2-6-38-on-efika-mx-smartbook/ so maybe someone else has done it already? ljones
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