Re: Woody Stable and Kernel 2.4.21
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 10:46:27AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andrew Miehs" <andrew@2sheds.de>
>To: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
>Sent: Friday, 27 June, 2003 6:36 PM
>Subject: Woody Stable and Kernel 2.4.21
>> I need to compile a 2.4.21 Kernel for Woody.
>> Which version of GCC should I use...
>> GCC3 or GCC2.95?
>>
>> Should I download standard kernel src - or should I get
>> it from testing, or unstable....?
>
>Well, it's up to you. Debian makes a few mods to the kernel, but we
>usually download from www.kernel.org directly (we compile in the 3ware
>driver).
>
>Either way would work, depending on your needs.
With that, I would like to voice an opinion about the debian 2.4bf
kernels.
Make the distro with lots of common eth drivers!
It is a major PITA installing without them. It is quite typical that I
go to a site and have them make a 10Mb debian install CD from which I
build a complete system using their network connection.
However the debian kernel is missing many net drivers. I'm speaking
particularly of the drivers required for many of the modern integrated
interfaces. Realtek and Broadcom (though that is not part of the 2.4
kernels, last I checked) are the first to come to mind.
My point is having _most_ of the network drivers available as modules
_is_a_good_thing_ (tm). It's a royal pain building a system when you
must temporarily add a pci or pcmcia interface to download source to
compile for integrated interfaces.
I don't know if the issue steams from different kinds of network
interfaces and isp connections in Europe verses USA, but I for one would
really appreciate some more eth drivers in the Debian kernels. If there
is any question of which 10% more interfaces would be good to add,
please let me know, on or off list.
// George
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