Re: [Cooker] A couple of kernel issues
"Brian J. Murrell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How about a kernel without IDE built in? I would like to use ide-scsi emulation (for my cdrom drive), but alas it only works if the IDE driver is NOT loaded. this is not true. if you give hdX=ide-scsi to the kernel, it works Why not include the IDE driver as a loadable module and include it in an initrd image if the user's boot disk is IDE, exactly the same as I do with my bootable SCSI drive. I have the aic7xxx driver in my initrd image rather than linking into the kernel. Yep, the problem with that is the kernel is not really made for this, and less tested that way. This is what i'm trying to do for the kernel boot and i don't get access to /proc/ide/ideX for example
[Cooker] A couple of kernel issues
I guess my idea of a freeswan (IPSec) package on the crypto site was not considered a good idea? freeswan-1.3 just came out yesterday and I am about to go build kernels and a freeswan package. It would be so much nicer if *everybody* had access to this stuff. How about a kernel without IDE built in? I would like to use ide-scsi emulation (for my cdrom drive), but alas it only works if the IDE driver is NOT loaded. Why not include the IDE driver as a loadable module and include it in an initrd image if the user's boot disk is IDE, exactly the same as I do with my bootable SCSI drive. I have the aic7xxx driver in my initrd image rather than linking into the kernel. b. -- Brian J. Murrell InterLinx Support Services, Inc. North Vancouver, B.C. 604 983 UNIX Platform and Brand Independent UNIX Support - R3.2 - R4 - BSD
Re: [Cooker] A couple of kernel issues
"Brian J. Murrell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess my idea of a freeswan (IPSec) package on the crypto site was not considered a good idea? freeswan-1.3 just came out yesterday and I am about to go build kernels and a freeswan package. It would be so much nicer if *everybody* had access to this stuff. Yes i would like to do this but we need a different kernel package for ipsec, and i don't have the time to maintain it. How about a kernel without IDE built in? I would like to use ide-scsi emulation (for my cdrom drive), but alas it only works if the IDE driver is NOT loaded. Why not include the IDE driver as a loadable module and include it in an initrd image if the user's boot disk is IDE, exactly the same as I do with my bootable SCSI drive. I have the aic7xxx driver in my initrd image rather than linking into the kernel. you want always to use initrd ? -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Chmouel
