This is my second time through LFS. The first with LFS 6.3 and now through LFS SVN. I have a couple questions on installing and configuring the Linux kernel...
1) When enabling ALSA support, should the LFS book not recommend that the card drivers be loaded as modules so when updated versions of the ALSA source are installed the kernel can load them rather than remaking a new kernel? 2) If, for example, the existing kernel only supports ALSA 1.0.13 (for kernel 2.6.22.5 in LFS6.3), but the current ALSA source version is 1.0.17...Will the current kernel support modules for the latest ALSA version or, does that leave me with upgrading the kernel? If so, why even bother making these drivers modular with separate source? For minor revisions only? 3a) If a new kernel should not be installed with previous version headers (an upgrade from 2.6.27.2 to 2.6.27.4 or 2.6.26.x to 2.6.27.x, for example), and the installed kernel headers should be the ones that gcc and binutils were compiled against...do I need to reinstall the kernel and toolchain from scratch or the entire system a la LFS? 3b) To upgrade the kernel...is it as simple as installing new kernel headers, recompiling the toolchain against the new headers, then installing a new kernel? 3c) How do other distributions get around this? Like Debian or Ubuntu, which install new kernel images without updating the toolchain? Are they just foolish or have I missed something completely? Rob Thornton -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
