[linux-audio-dev] some interesting docs for 2.6 testers...

[Werner Johansson]

I'll give it another shot then, disabling the kudzu-probing (using an Emagic
2|6 USB audio interface on the audio box, so no fancy probing necessary)...

Has anyone successfully compiled a recent 2.5 kernel using gcc 3.2-7 (Redhat
8)? I  read some warnings about broken kernel optimizations with gcc 3.x -
but that might have been resolved long time ago? I will start digging into
this and see what works, audiowise.

/Werner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joern Nettingsmeier" <nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de>
To: <linux-audio-dev at music.columbia.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] some interesting docs for 2.6 testers...


> Werner Johansson wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I've been doing some early 2.5 tests, but as I'm running RH8 with the
Planet
> > on top of it there seem to be some problems actually building a 2.5
kernel
> > (the linked texts here mention optimization problems with the default
> > RH-shipped gcc as one). So far I haven't been able to boot the 2.5
kernels
> > properly (yes I have the console working, and the new modutils). Is
there
> > anything like a FAQ somewhere as how to actually build a kernel that
would
> > play nicely with a stock RH8 system including Planet CCRMA on top, or do
I
> > have to redo everything from scratch?
>
> first of all, you should refer to Documentation/Changes in the kernel
> source tree and make sure all your userspace tools are up to date (the
> most critical being the modutils).
> then you could look at the .config file for the redhat kernel and mimick
> the configuration for 2.5 (where applicable). expect some things to
> break, though. i usually only do it to the point where the system works
> for me and ignore any further boot-time error messages from init scripts
> that miss some modules etc.
>
> disabling hardware scanning seems to help a lot - when i tried the new
> kernel on my powerbook running yellowdog, i had to disable kudzu (the
> hardware scanning tool).
>
>
> > /Werner
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Joern Nettingsmeier" <nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de>
> > To: <linux-audio-dev at music.columbia.edu>; "ALSA development"
> > <alsa-devel at alsa-project.org>
> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 8:36 PM
> > Subject: [linux-audio-dev] some interesting docs for 2.6 testers...
> >
> >
> >
> >>hello everyone!
> >>
> >>if you are thinking about testing the new 2.6-pre kernels (which would
> >>be helpful to shake out problems with typical audio-workloads that might
> >>not get tested by others), here are two links worth a read (found on
> >>lwn.net):
> >>
> >>* the 2.5 "what to expect" document by dave jones:
> >>   http://lwn.net/Articles/39901/
> >>
> >>* the wonderful world of linux 2.6 by joe pranevich
> >>   http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html
> >>
> >>best,
> >>
> >>jörn
> >>
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>All Members shall refrain in their international relations from
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> >>inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.
> >>-- Charter of the United Nations, Article 2.4
> >>
> >>
> >>Jörn Nettingsmeier
> >>Kurfürstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany
> >>http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server)
> >>http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ (Linux Audio Developers)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> -- 
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> political independence of any state, or in any other manner
> inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.
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>
>
> Jörn Nettingsmeier
> Kurfürstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany
> http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server)
> http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ (Linux Audio Developers)
>
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