From: Paul Sladen (vserver_at_paul.sladen.org)
Date: Fri 16 Aug 2002 - 06:04:14 BST
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 vserver-list_at_azera.net wrote:
>
> have you thought about adding 3ware (and possibly other) support into your
> precompiled kernels?
Jack's precompiled kernels I believe are there as a convenience, for
example, to allow you to do a quick tastier. As you are probably aware,
hardly anyone producing patches makes ready-to-run kernels available.
If you are doing *any* serious work at all you should really be recompiling
your own kernels (or at least employing somebody who is able) to match your
relevant configuration(s). I think you'll find it's remarkably pleasant and
probably easier than you thought:
To apply a patch:
# cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/
# patch -p1 < ../patch-2.4.19ctx12
To compile a kernel:
# make menuconfig
# make dep
# make modules bzImage
Imagine the requests to patch/compile/include every-single obscure device
driver in the quick pre-compiled download... :)
Hope this helps,
-Paul
-- Nottingham, GB