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Re: [PLUG] Compiliing a RedHat kernel for Vaio R505
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The IRQ issue definately is related to ACPI being necessary. And I've read
most of those google links.
I'm not opposed to the newer kernel - in fact I tried mandrake 9 briefly
and it's 2.4.19 kernel recognized the firewire cdrom. still had a pcmcia
problem though. but i think the RH kernel's scheduler makes for a faster
interface.
all of the kernel issues i have with this laptop are not necessarily
related to it being a laptop so much as it being a SONY SUPERSLIM. This
model has some funky hardware and funky hardware settings. I know other
people have more traditional laptops that don't have any of these
problems. At least that is what i've heard.
Chris
> > So getting PCMCIA stable and getting the firewire CDROM working are
> my primary goals. Everything I've read suggests I need to patch the
> kernel and recompile. Prioblem is I have not been able to
> successfully compile a RedHat kernel since 7.2. Has anyone else
> experienced this? The compiling fails with errors. Last try, with RH8
> it was in the apic (or apci - i always get them confused) section.
> And I haven't even applied the patches yet.
>
> I had PCMCIA working fine on RH 7.2 and 7.3. I used both a CDROM and
> PCMCIA network card with the laptop. However, I did not use the RH
> kernel sources (which also worked; I just like to compile my own
> kernels), but rather the mainline ones at www.kernel.org. Any reason you
> don't want to try 2.4.19? It runs fine on my laptop now (although it is
> now Gentoo).
>
> If you do decide to get 2.4.19, the next decision you have to make is
> whether to use APM or ACPI. APM is definitely more functional ATM,
> however some laptops absolutely require the use of ACPI. If your laptop
> is one of them, make sure you get the latest ACPI patch from
> www.sourceforge.net/projects/acpi. Both APM and ACPI compile cleanly for
> me.
>
> Finally don't forget to wade thru the host of links Google brings up for
> "r505 linux", especially if you can read Japanese. ;)
>
> Hope this helps,
> Rahul
> --
> Rahul Karnik
> rahul@genebrew.com
>
>
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