ne... wrote: >>I'm running 2.6.3 under Fedora-1, >>and didn't find any need for "a lot of misc fixups". >>I just compiled the vanilla kernel. >>(I've never understood why this is not standard. >>I don't particularly want to use someone else's choice of modules.) ... >>Admittedly I had to compile module-init-tools, >>but as far as I could see there isn't a Fedora RPM for this anyway. > FC does not need this. All you need is the modutils from Arjanv > repository (http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/). I regard the distribution -- Fedora 1 or 2 -- and the kernel as more or less orthogonal. I'm surprised this point of view is apparently so rare, at least on this mailing list. If a distribution really forced me to use a particular kernel I would move to another distribution. I'm sure the Arjanv kernel is excellent, but I prefer to follow Linus Torvalds. As far as I could see, one has to install module-init-tools if one wants to compile and install a 2.6.* kernel. (I don't claim to be a kernel expert, and could easily be mistaken about this.) -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
