> -----Original Message----- > From: Felipe Alfaro Solana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon, March 24, 2003 1:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: kernel compile on phoebe 3 > > > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 10:42, Warren Togami wrote: > > I had success with 2.5.65 on Phoebe3 after hacking modutils > to include > > module-init-tools, the new mini-tools required for handling kernel > > modules. I have a test SRPM here but I don't feel > comfortable releasing > > it yet because it needs to be upgraded to Red Hat's latest bugfixes > > first. If you use a replacement modutils RPM it also > requires a small > > change to mkinitrd or subsequent 2.4 kernel installation will fail. > > Well, Rusty has already an SRPM in place with > module-init-tools which is > also backwards compatible with 2.4 kernels. I have downloaded and > compiled it. When running on 2.5, new module semantics are > used, but if > I boot my old 2.4, the old modutils are used instead. > > > I'm currently running 2.5.65-ac3. I'm totally amazed by > the speed and > > interactivity improvements in the scheduler, it seems that > the desktop > > is very smooth even during heavy load. I can't wait for this to be > > standard and shipped with distros in 2.6.x kernels. =) > > Well, there are still interactivity problems, e.g. process starvation > under heavy loads. With vanilla 2.5.65, playing music with XMMS and > simply dragging a window over the screen, causes serious > sound skips and > halts. 2.5.65-mm4 incorporates patches that implement > scheduler tunables > that allow adjusting min/max timeslices and this helps greatly. > > > I managed to get everything working in 2.5.65 for my Sony > Vaio FXA36 > > Athlon laptop except alsa kernel modules wont load > automatically despite > > my entires to /etc/modprobe.conf (replacement of > /etc/modules.conf). > > This kernel version also seems to handle Athlon ACPI throttling and > > PowerNow for the first time. Finally Linux is viable on my laptop > > during battery operation. > > Please, make sure "/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe" is pointing to > "/sbin/modprobe" (or wherever you've got your 2.5-compatible > modprobe).
For some reason I don't get /proc/ksyms file with 2.5 kernels I compile, and that causes rc.sysinit to set /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to /bin/true. What option enables /proc/ksyms creation? > In some cases, the rc.sysinit script sets "/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe" > pointing to "/sbin/true" thus avoiding dynamic kernel modules loading. > > Thanks! > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > Felipe Alfaro Solana > Linux Registered User #287198 > http://counter.li.org > > > > -- > Phoebe-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list > -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
