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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 12:07:07AM -0400, pbg1854@×××××××××××××××.edu wrote: |
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> I've been working on cleaning up the linux-sources package... I've |
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> made it completely remove the extras subdirectory (where alsa-driver |
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> and the other stuff were) before moving the sources it to |
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> ${D}/usr/src. I dont think they're really needed since you shouldnt |
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> have to rebuild them just because you change your kernel config. |
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For linux-sources, the extras directory is needed for those who want |
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to install alsa-driver by hand (like me). For the linux package, I |
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don't think it's needed. |
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> also set CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y in the config, since it seems like the |
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> alsa driver requires it to build properly. |
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Yes, the current config is more of a placeholder than anything and needs |
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work. |
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> I'm going to commit my changes as linux-sources-2.4.2.13-r1 and |
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> linux-sources-2.4.2.27-r1. Please take a look at them, since I might have |
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> broken something. Oh, and one other thing... I've been getting a ton of |
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> unresolved symbols in the alsa modules when running depmod. This happened |
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> before and after I made any changes to the ebuild scripts, and I don't know |
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> why it happens. Could you guy give me some hints? |
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Not sure -- I'll be working on the kernels when 2.4.4 comes out. I want |
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to avoid 2.4.3 due to Justin Gibbs' new aic7xxx SCSI driver code (needs |
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a compile fix and other minor fixes). Right now, I'm running 2.4.2 with |
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recent ReiserFS patches from www.namesys.com. |
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A note for Gentoo Linux developers: ReiserFS before 2.4.2 had numerous |
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problems. We all thought it was stable enough until the namesys people and |
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others found lots of bugs -- which are all now hopefully fixed. This means |
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that if you have been upgrading your kernel as you go, it's likely that your |
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reiserfs filesystems are a bit icky. Make a note of this and backup any |
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critical data asap. Please remember that Gentoo Linux is still in "testing" |
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mode and shouldn't be used in a production environment unless you're willing to |
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deal with issues like this. This will change when 1.0 is released. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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