Custom kernel question

[Al Gordon]

On 10/24/05, Matt Patterson <matt at v8zman.com> wrote:
> Why not download the fully patched ubuntu kernel, then apply the patches
> for win4Lin to it. I believe you can get the patched kernel source from
> synaptic (linux-tree). From there just patch in the extra stuff and
> build as normal. If you have had success building the vanilla kernel
> with patches I dont htink you will have a problem with the ubuntu stuff
> either.
>
> I am making the assumption that madwifi is included with the ubuntu
> kernel. Not sure though.
>
> Matt
>
>
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> John Ruschmeyer wrote:
>
> > For a while, I've been building a custom kernel for my system based on
> > the linux-source package with the addition of the patches for Win4Lin
> > 9x support (mki-adapter). Using kernelpackage, I can build an
> > installable kernel and headers which work fine on my desktop system
> > (very mundane hardware).
> >
> > For my laptop, though, I also need the madwifi driver which is part of
> > the linux-restricted-modules package and is not part of my custom kernel.
> >
> > So, my question is how can I set up a custom kernel which includes a
> > corresponding linux-restrictred-modules?
> >
> > Thanks...
> > <<<john>>>

Just as a bit of a tangent, I believe that I heard that the new
Win4Lin is supposed to run on non-patched kernels.

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