Anyone rolling a kernel nowadays?

[Basil Chupin]

On 11/08/2010 05:01, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 15:29 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
>    
>> On 10/08/2010 15:19, Ric Moore wrote:
>>      
>    
>>> OK! It'll blow or go. I'll let you know! Ric
>>>
>>>        
>> The let's get on with the...SHOW!
>>      
> First off, when I googled for instructions to roll my own with Ubuntu I
> wound up here... http://howtoforge.com/roll_a_kernel_debian_ubuntu_way
>
> ...it wasn't until more than half way through that I noticed the date.
> <sighs>  this one needs to be updated, a bunch. Then this link was
> provided here, in this list:
> http://linuxtweaking.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-compile-kernel-on-ubuntu-1004.html
> ...and this worked. I had to go clear through to the end of the
> instructions as the initrd file was not created and I had to do it
> manually. But, the method to do that was noted. I would suggest that
> they just make that part of the step-by-step.
>    

By providing the above URL you have answered a question which has been 
gnawing at me for several days. Nice. Now I can go and compile my own 
kernel, but before I do can you answer the following 2 questions for me, 
please.

You would by now have the cloned config file, so could you look in it 
and tell me what-

(1) the Timer Frequency is set to - 275HZ or 1000HZ? (you'll find this 
in the Processor Type and Features);

(2) In Processor Type & Features>Preemption Mode, is RealTime Preemption 
selected (it should be)?

(The last Q. would have been is the Processor Type set to your CPU make 
but it wasn't and I too will therefore need to change it to Athlon.)

Now to go and read that URL you provided while I wait your response to 
above questions :-) .

BC


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