On Sunday 14 December 2003 9:18 pm, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > I'm considering switching over from vanilla-sources-2.4.23 to > ck-sources-2.4.23-r1. Does anyone here run ck-sources? Are there any > hangups that I should be aware of to have the smoothest transition > possible? > > I've got a desktop/gaming system, and from what I understand, ck-sources > should give me much greater performance than vanilla-sources. Is this > true? > > Thanks in advance.
I used to run ck kernels before I went to 2.6. I thought they were generally more responsive, and I had no problems once I learned how to patch correctly. I would considering trying 2.6.0-test11. IMO, they are a little better than any 2.4 version, However, why not try both, and you can get away with using your same 2.4.23 config file with the ck patches. The 2.6 config file might take some trials to get it right. The problem with using a Gentoo kernel's config with 2.6 is that it has a bunch of patches not in the vanilla 2.6's, so you really need to go through make xconfig and figure out what you need. I use the method below to install all my kernels. Robert Crawford -------------------------------------------------------------- I never compile as root in /usr/src anymore. I made a /home/wrc/kernel directory, and untar there, then cd as user to the linux-2.6.0-testx directory, and do a normal: Optional: apply mm patch (or others I might wish to try) make mrproper make xconfig (This is where most problems arise- know your hardware) (optional- after xconfig edit Makefile cflags and console output for 2.6, they have compile output "silent" by default. I'll post my edits if anyone wishes) make clean make bzImage make modules THEN SU TO ROOT make modules_install mount /boot cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/linux-2.6.0-testx-mmx (I use no System.map, or initrd) Edit grub with nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf and add your new kernel stanza to grub.conf. umount /boot reboot to new kernel. Works for me every time, with no problems whatsoever. I've had mixed results with genkernel, and any Gentoo kernels, so I've settled on the above as my "method of choice." I do however, run very lean systems, and others might need support for scsi, drivers, etc that I don't use. But for the basics, this works very well. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
