[ILUG] Compiling and optimizing a Kernel

[Sean]

Niall wrote something:
{ On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Sean wrote:
{ 
{ >    USB is being developed in the 2.3 development kernels, not supported
{ >    in the stable 2.2 kernels.
{ > 
{ >    However there is a back patch.
{ > 
{ >    You'll find it on http://www.suse.cz/development/usb-backport/
{ >    Its for the 2.2.14 kernel.  One big diff file (330923 bytes big).
{ 
{ Hmm - as mentioned it's included in SuSE 6.3 which uses 2.2.13 and I see
{ that there are some drivers in 2.2.10, but none in 2.2.1. These are the
{ only kernel sources I have around, so somewhere between 2.2.2 and 2.2.10
{ usb support seems to have made its way into the stable kernel. And that
{ 2.2.10 is NOT from SuSE - it was fresh from kernel.org or a
{ mirror.

  Yup your right there,  Linus started the ball off by putting some stuff
  into 2.2.7.  Though now it's current home is 2.3.x.  Hopefully we'll see
  it appear in the ever approaching 2.4 kernel.

{ 
{ >    Theres quite a bit supported, see:
{ > 
{ >         http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/
{ > 
{ I stand corrected - Sean's email arrived as I was composing my reply :-(
{ 

   Just ahead of yas.

{ 
{ Regards,
{ 
{ 
{ Niall
{ 
{ 
{ 

Sean.
.
(doing a mad brush up of the kernel develop)