Quick check about kernel patching and compile...
Matt Zimmerman
mdz at canonical.com
Sat Nov 6 19:13:09 UTC 2004
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 11:09:10AM +0000, Andy Main wrote:
> Is it? The config file says it isn't. Should have mentioned before, I
> have an amd64.
Ah, I see. Yes, the default kernel doesn't build with CONFIG_PREEMPT on
amd64. Are you sure that it is safe?
> In any case patch my kernel I would like to know how to redo a kernel
> and still be able to have the same system (in case I patch, I'm an audio
> user and my latency needs to be v. low). Is there a method to rebuild
> the restricted modules and have the Nvidia module put in the right place
> (I think it gets installed in the old kernel each time)? What else is
> in this restricted modules package?
You need to build linux-restricted-modules against your new kernel if you
break module compatibility with the stock configuration. The package
description and source shows what is in it.
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- mdz
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