Re: CML2 1.1.3 release announcement

Re: CML2 1.1.3 release announcement

[Leif Sawyer]

Hmm.

Looking better -

I'm in the process of configuring v2.4.3..

It looks as if the TUN/TAP selection isn't being grok'd right.
It should be available as a module, yet the 'm' is greyed out and
not selectable.  I don't see any prerequistes in the drivers/net/rules.cml
either, although i'm not exactly proficient at reading these yet..

if the functionality of tun/tap as a module has been removed, perhaps the
help text should also be updated, but CML1 does allow me to select it as
a module..


As far as the colors go, it never really bothers me, although my color-blind
friend my have some input -- but he's out sick with pink-eye.

(okay, not pink-eye, but that just sounded funny for a color-blind person)

Leif

RE: CML2 1.1.3 release announcement

[Leif Sawyer]

It also appears that upon a re-configuration of 2.4.3 from 2.2.17:

> cd /usr/src/linux
> cp ../linux-2.2.17/.config .
> make oldconfig

where the old configuration did not include FrameBuffer support,
then performing an Xconfig to tweak some settings and enable FB,
no default fonts were allocated.  This is contrary to CML1 behavoir.

> grep ^CONFIG_FB .config
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_FB_MACH64=y


however CML1, after only selecting the applicable drivers gives:
> grep ^CONFIG_FB ~/myotherbox-2.4.3.config
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES=y

Re: CML2 1.1.3 release announcement

[Eric S. Raymond]

Leif Sawyer <lsawyer@gci.com>:
> It also appears that upon a re-configuration of 2.4.3 from 2.2.17:
> 
> > cd /usr/src/linux
> > cp ../linux-2.2.17/.config .
> > make oldconfig
> 
> where the old configuration did not include FrameBuffer support,
> then performing an Xconfig to tweak some settings and enable FB,
> no default fonts were allocated.  This is contrary to CML1 behavoir.
> 
> > grep ^CONFIG_FB .config
> CONFIG_FB=y
> CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
> CONFIG_FB_MACH64=y
> 
> 
> however CML1, after only selecting the applicable drivers gives:
> > grep ^CONFIG_FB ~/myotherbox-2.4.3.config
> CONFIG_FB=y
> CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
> CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES=y

Yes, all those extra symbols are derived from the drivers that you 
didn't select during the CML2 run.
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