On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:07, bj wrote:
> Hi Hank,
>
> I've got problems performing capture with a couple of computers. Can
> you give me a brief description of how you compile in chipset-specific
> support? Are there obvious steps in 'make config', or obvious error
> messages in the kernel make output to work with?
This is what I found in a Google search:
Run the command "lspci|grep IDE" to see what hardware Linux found on
your system. On one desktop with a VIA KT133 (Abit MB) I get:
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B
PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
(all on one line)
and on my Vaio I get:
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
Then in the kernel configuration under:
ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support ->
IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
these correspond to
VIA82CXXX chipset support
and
Intel PIIXn chipsets support
(I'm assuming that you already know how to build and install a custom
kernel and are using IDE drives.) If this is a boot drive, you do not
want to compile these as modules but rather built into the kernel. You
just need to figure out what chipset you have and which configuration
option corresponds to it. There are other options and for those I
suggest starting with the help that comes with the kernel configuration
and moving on to google groups if that doesn't help.
I use 'make xconfig' but the prompts and selections should also be
available in 'make config', but IIRC the latter drags you through *all*
settings even if you only want to tweak one. You might also consider
'make menuconfig'
There are no error messages from 'make config' that I am aware of and if
there are errors when you build the kernel or modules, you will not have
anything to install.
HTH,
hank
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Hank Barta
Beautiful Sunny Winfield
Illinois, USA
