From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tara2.wa.amnet.net.au ([203.161.126.21]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HukfX-0004Cr-00 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:38:31 -0400 Received: (qmail 29921 invoked by uid 89); 3 Jun 2007 07:37:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gotss1.gotss.net) (203.161.101.89) by tara2.wa.amnet.net.au with (AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP for ; 3 Jun 2007 07:37:52 -0000 X-Envelope-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Received: from [192.168.24.37] (helo=bouncy) by gotss1.gotss.net with smtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Huker-0003xc-Qk for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:37:49 +0800 Message-ID: <000801c7a5b2$163f5700$2518a8c0@bouncy> From: "Kerry Hoath" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: New kernel for etch Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 15:37:46 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:38:32 -0000 Looking for some guidance preparing a new kernel for Debian etch with speakup in it. I have downloaded 2.6.18 vanilla sources and investigated applying Debian specific patches to the tree but it all looks rather messy. Does anyone have sample configs for 2.6.21.4 with or without speakup in them or an idea where to get something suitable for Debian? There are so many questions these days it would take quite awhile to answer all the questions with make config and make menuconfig is a little clunky. I have tried grabbing the .config from 2.6.18 and doing a make menuconfig however some of the variables have disappeared and this does not look like a clean solution. I usually build the kernels with kernel-package and I am using an initramfs with customizations to support evms. Basically I need a recent kernel with speakup, the bd-claim patch and the bad-block relocation applied to it. I can apply these patches and speakup to Vanilla sources; however defaults for the .config have me a little stumped and i'd rather not do the whole config myself without guidance unless I absolutely have to. In the sarge days i'd grab 2.6.15, apply Marvell ethernet patches and speakup then build 2 or 3 different images with speakup and vmware features in them. Looks like kernels have gotten a little trickier since then. Regards, Kerry.