[App_rpt-users] URI and URIx Testing

[David McGough]

Hi Willem,

The later kernels support many more peripherals and motherboard chipsets
properly--when compared to the stock CentOS5 kernel (a derivative of 
2.6.18, as I recall?).

I compiled the new kernel from source code downloaded from the kernel.org
website. However, as you suggest, you could probably simply borrow a more
recent kernel from either CentOS 6 or Debian Squeeze, too. Note that you
must stay at a kernel rev less than 2.6.37. As of the 2.6.37 kernel, the
Big Kernel Lock (BKL) is removed. Lots of code in CentOS 5 and Zaptel,
etc., expect (require!) the BKL to work.

An explanation of how to manually cook a kernel can be found at this 
website. I haven't tried these exact instructions, but, they look viable. 
See: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel

Once you're running the new kernel, you should be in good shape. The audio 
woes, etc., should "magically" be resolved.

I hope this helps!

73, David KB4FXC




On Sat, 26 Apr 2014, Willem Schreuder wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Apr 2014, David McGough wrote:
> 
> > As I recall, I'm running a "hand cooked" 2.6.32 kernel.
> 
> Does that mean you grabbed a CentOS 6.X RPM and manually installed it on 
> CentOS 5.X, or that you had to compile the kernel from source?  If the 
> latter, what did you need to add in the configuration that was not in the 
> stock kernel?
> 
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