Re: Remaining Debian question was Re: [LUG] something to do with someone explaining how to compile, butwhy?

[Kai Hendry <hendry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 06:44:56PM +0000, Simon Waters wrote:
> you didn't answer me on where I get a Debian kernel with
> NETCONFIG-RADIO enabled?

I don't know/care where. How about looking yourself? Herbert Xu list what
options they have on/off somewhere. And even if he doesn't have the option
enabled, it probably compiled as a module!

> I'd sure prefer not to have to rebuild the kernel (even if it is
> three times faster than my desktop PC), I have the 2.4.18(ish)
> source package installed, a recent 2.4 would be nice.

Performance gains by compiling your own packages for your x86 arch have been
discussed countless times, the result?  Not worth it.

> I don't understand why they bundle modules like wvlan_cs and
> wavelan etc if the kernel can't use them - or did I miss
> something?

I don't know about your particular case. There are *lots* of kernel packages.

I for example:

hendry@xxxxx:~$ apt-cache search 2.4.20 k7
kernel-build-2.4.20 - Headers for building modules for Linux 2.4.20
kernel-image-2.4.20-k7 - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.20 on AMD K7.
kernel-image-2.4.20-k7-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.20 on AMD K7 SMP.
kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.20-k7 - Mainstream PCMCIA modules 2.4.20 on AMD K7.
kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.20-k7-smp - Mainstream PCMCIA modules 2.4.20 on AMD K7 SMP.
nvidia-kernel-2.4.20-k7 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.4.20-k7

Use kernel-image-2.4.20-k7. And nvidia-kernel-2.4.20-k7 probably (never noticed 
that).

> Or is try Knoppix all I'm getting as an answer on that one?

I tried Knoppix on a Laptop with a 802.11b wireless card and it worked. 
On the net with dhcp in 30 secs from booting. Brilliant.
Hence, try it, could be the answer!

-Kai

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