Re: [PLUG] Compiliing a RedHat kernel for Vaio R505

[Fred K Ollinger <follinge@sas.upenn.edu>]

> 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

I have had problems, too. I read and followed all the dirs. I compiled
kernels easily for many other distros, but rh7.2 has been a pain for me.
The actual kernel compiled and installed, but then it refused to boot. I
can't remember the exact problem as I have since given up and used stock
kernels for those situations where I couldn't just install debian.

> 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.

There was trouble w/ them using a non-release compiler: 2.96, but this
hasn't been an issue w/ anything greater than 7.2, IMHO. Are they using
gcc 3.2 w/ rh8? I think that this should yield a slightly faster kernel.

I wish I could help more. Maybe you could give us exact error message you
are seeing as well as the kernel version. Thanks.

Fred

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