On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 01:08 +0100, Maciej Żenczykowski wrote: > >> How do i know that the centOSplus kernel has support for my device(in my > >> case bt848 capture device). I must see the config file right? But rpm > >> doesnt put that config file into /boot > > if you know the module name for your device then you can check rpm file > manifest to see if it contains the appropriate module > > > Sometimes you need to compile your own drivers, since no one kernel has all > > drivers. Especially out of kernel drivers. > > Doubtful, a properly compiled module kernel can contain all the drivers > prebuild as modules - as far as I know this is what the centosplus > kernel does... ---- actually I need to build the megaraid module (not megaraid_mbox or megaraid_mm) that has been deemed by RHEL and Dell not suitable for inclusion (see release notes)...so I do build the module from the source. While I am there, I also build the appletalk module though as many have pointed out, that one is available in the kernel in centosplus. Craig