Re: Initial IXP_NPE kernel committed

Michael-Luke Jones wrote:
> http://trac.nslu2-linux.org/kernel/browser/branches/ixp_npe
> 
> 2.6.18-rc6 builds from here, but has not been tested yet.
> 
> If anyone wants to help test, please reply here. You need to be running 
> SlugOS HEAD.
> 
> Michael-Luke

Looking at CONFIG_CHANGES, I have a few questions:

 >"evdev, Ethernet MII, HW Random IXP4xx, I2C-Chardev now compiled as 
modules"
evdev can't be loaded as a module if we want the buzzer to work on 
various devices at boot time. Dunno if the I2C-Chardev is used anytime 
during boot.
I'm not sure if evdev can be loaded during boot, but in that case, the 
initscripts should be changed too.

 >RS5C372 and M48T86 RTC drivers removed
Why remove RS5C372? AFAIK, it's used by DS101 and N2100, possibly more 
devices too. Dunno about the M48T86.

 >Netwinder FPE emulation replaced with FastFPE
Are you sure that's a good enough replacement? Remember that the slugs 
are all-round devices, which unfortunately costs a bit of performance.

Support added for pcf8574 i2c device (module)
SquashFS patch added but support not built
All other suggestions to reduce space welcome :)

Modularize SCSI/IDE/USB. All devices boot from flash and load the 
necessary drivers to support their hardware before booting from an 
internal/external disk.

Regards,
Øyvind Repvik



 
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