Re: [Mactel-linux-users] quick question on building kernel for my macbook

[Harald <h_p...@gm...>]

Hi Geoffrey,

   I must admit I didn't follow the whole of your story. But, why do you
exactly stick to 2.6.24 when more recent kernel versions are available.
I belief that since 2.6.28 no further patches are required. At least
that's what I experienced on my macmini and mbp. 
However, if you find a kernel-config of your actual system you can
always try a "make oldconfig" first and than, as you are just trying to
get your sound right, set the appropriate flags in the Intel-HDA
section.
Furthermore, DO NOT FORGET to keep a copy of your old kernel linked in
your grub/lilo config. I use to compile my kernels myself since a long
time, and belief me, Murphy’s Law and kernel compiling are closely
related.

Hope this helps, and don't hesitate to ask!

Greetings
HARALD  

On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 07:49 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> > I've finally gotten tired of not having sound, so I figured I'd bite the 
> > bullet and build my kernel to support the mac patches.  I've just 
> > downloaded mactel-patches-2.6.24.tar.gz, so I'm assuming that I simply 
> > download the latest 2.6.24 kernel, apply the patches and the build my 
> > kernel.
> > 
> > Pointers to the contrary or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> I've started going through the kernel configuration via 'make xconfig'. 
>   It's been a while since I've built a kernel from scratch, and this 
> process is taking a while as I review the various options.  I'm hoping 
> someone is willing to send me their config, rather then spend the time 
> going through this process.
> 
> Anyone?
>