RE: CML2-2.0.0 is available -- major release announcement

RE: CML2-2.0.0 is available -- major release announcement

[Leif Sawyer]

Eric S. Raymond [esr@thyrsus.com] writes:
> Subject: CML2-2.0.3 is available

Just some feedback on 2.0.3 running against 2.5.2-pre9 on my i686.


installed, ran as 
	make autoprobe config


picked up my processor/mobo/options, rtc, network, video, sound correctly.

picked up ISA/PCI/AGP right.

Picked USB HCI's as modular (building all) from VIA motherboard.
	(Don't really need the OHCI built here)

picked up file systems, framebuffer, network rules, block devices right.

picked up SCSI, Input, game ports and serial ports correctly.

Missed HOTPLUG (based on USB, and configure_help - this may just be cleanup
			in the help text to remove references to USB if
hotplug
			is not needed/required)

Missed APM support (is enabled in running kernel)

Missed my parallel port.
Missed SCSI_Generic
Missed my floppy drive!
Missed Unix Domain Sockets!
Missed Packet Socket (based on running kernel)
Missed PS/2 mouse



Other than those above, it seems pretty good.

thanks!
Leif

Re: [kbuild-devel] RE: CML2-2.0.0 is available -- major release announcement

[Giacomo Catenazzi]

Leif Sawyer wrote:

> 
> Picked USB HCI's as modular (building all) from VIA motherboard.
> 	(Don't really need the OHCI built here)


This is a know problem. The problem is: we don't know yet

if a given USB configuration is a USB card, a USB kernel support
(i.e. USBFS, OHCI, EHCI...).
The solution is to modify the configuration rules, adding
the USB_CARDS (as Eric proposed for ISA_CARDS).
But this rules change can be done only after CML2 is included
into the kernel.

> Missed HOTPLUG (based on USB, and configure_help - this may just be cleanup
> 			in the help text to remove references to USB if
> hotplug
> 			is not needed/required)


Eric: Rule error ?

> 
> Missed APM support (is enabled in running kernel)


I know. I don't know if I should autodetect APM support.
On some machine APM crash the kernel and in some more
machine you must tune the APM options.

I'm not an APM expert, so I need some help.


> Missed my parallel port.

 > Missed my floppy drive!

I have some problem with these rules.
I should find a solution on how to detect
these on a x86 wihout breaking the other
archs.
Probably the best solution is to change the rules:
the floppy disk is linked to CONFIG_FLOPPY (or an
other non conflicting names) and the various archs
controller configuration is derives from FLOPPY
and ARCH_*.


> Missed SCSI_Generic
> Missed Unix Domain Sockets!
> Missed Packet Socket (based on running kernel)


Hard to detect these 'software devices'.
Some suggestions?

> Missed PS/2 mouse


hmm. I forgot these rules during the conversions.
[but ATARI PS/2 conflict with this]

	giacomo

Re: [kbuild-devel] RE: CML2-2.0.0 is available -- major release announcement

[Matthias Andree]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2002, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:

> >Missed SCSI_Generic
> >Missed Unix Domain Sockets!
> >Missed Packet Socket (based on running kernel)
> 
> 
> Hard to detect these 'software devices'.
> Some suggestions?

I'm totally ignorant on how your autoconfigure works, so this may be
blatantly wrong, take this cum granu salis:

+ Always add SCSI-Generic if there is any SCSI support is present.

+ Always enable unix domain sockets if networking is desired.

? As to the packet socket, I cannot tell, I always enable it on my
  configurations.

-- 
Matthias Andree

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