Configuring the 2.6 Linux Kernel

An anonymous reader writes "This article is the first in a series by William von Hagen on using the new Linux 2.6 kernel, with a special emphasis on the primary issues in migrating existing drivers, applications, and embedded Linux deployments to a Linux distribution based on the 2.6 kernel. Bill is the author of Linux Filesystems, Hacking the TiVo, SGML for Dummies, Installing Red Hat Linux 7, and is the coauthor of The Definitive Guide to GCC (with Kurt Wall) and The Mac OS X Power Users Guide (with Brian Profitt)." This looks to be a good series for anyone planning to migrate to Linux 2.6, and having done just that myself, I'll attest to wanting more documentation along the way.

Comments

Re:Usability?

[XaXXon]

Mod me offtopic if you must, but this is one of my pet peeves..

First of all, MIDI is an acronym and should be capitalized.. but that's not the problem..

MIDI stands for *M*usical *I*nstrument *D*igital *I*nterface. When you say MIDI interface, you are saying Musicial Instrument Digital Interface interface.

That's like saying scuba aperatus. RPMs per minute (yes, I know someone who said that). LCD display. LCD Diode (never heard that one, but you could do it..) CRT tube. MIDI interface.

I guess you could argue that it's a USB interface to a MIDI system.. but then you'd say it was a MIDI USB interface, not a USB MIDI interface.

Re:They need a tutorial on this stuff?

[after]

Hey, thanks for the help guys. I will use that next time I upgrade. I forgot to say that I use Gentoo, and prefer their patches, so I need to wait for the Gentoo developers to relese their version of the patched kernel. Righ now the 2.6 tree is of version 2.6.1, but the latest stable is 2.6.2. I tried patching today, but the 2.6.2 patches do not fit well with the Gentoo patches.

Again, thanks for the help.