Re: [Vserver] Re: forcedeth module for 2.6.14-amd64-smp-vs

From: Markus Neubauer <list.nospam_at_std-service.com>
Date: Mon 08 May 2006 - 16:51:20 BST
Message-ID: <445F68F8.2050103@std-service.com>

Matvey Gladkikh schrieb:
> On 19/04/06 18:22 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
>> I'm running 2.6.14-amd64-smp-vs on a Sun Fire X2100. Unfortunately,
>> 2.6.14-amd64-smp-vs lacks the forcedeth module, so only the Broadcom
>> NIC is usable.
>>
>> I didn't catch this in time to try building my own 2.6.14-amd64-smp-vs
>> Does anyone here have a new Debian package for 2.6.14-amd64-smp-vs
>> or a similiar vs version of an AMD64 kernel?
>>
> May be you wish to build debian kernel like a mainstream with all include?
>
> 1. Install 2.6.14-amd64-smp kernel
> 2. Download source package for 2.6.14-amd64-smp
> 3. cat /boot/config.2.6.14-amd64-smp > /usr/src/2.6.14-amd64-smp/.config &&
> cd /usr/src/2.6.14-amd64-smp/ && patch -p1 < 2.6.14-vs-patch && make
> oldconfig & make menuconfig (to check modules)
> 4. (later I used "make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image" and build my own kernel
> with ONLY difference to debian kernel - vserver applied )
>
> I ve done this for i386 2.6.12 kernel - you can try for your one.
> It is not very good to make kernels with reduced ammount of drivers - because
> they will not be portable across different hardware.
>
>
If you have no compiler on the server you may like the debian backport
kernels
read more on http://www.backports.org/instructions.html .

Greets Markus
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