RE: kernel compile on phoebe 3

> -----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!
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
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