Looking for some guidance preparing a new kernel for Debian etch with speakup in it. I have downloaded 2.6.18 vanilla sources and investigated applying Debian specific patches to the tree but it all looks rather messy. Does anyone have sample configs for 2.6.21.4 with or without speakup in them or an idea where to get something suitable for Debian? There are so many questions these days it would take quite awhile to answer all the questions with make config and make menuconfig is a little clunky. I have tried grabbing the .config from 2.6.18 and doing a make menuconfig however some of the variables have disappeared and this does not look like a clean solution. I usually build the kernels with kernel-package and I am using an initramfs with customizations to support evms. Basically I need a recent kernel with speakup, the bd-claim patch and the bad-block relocation applied to it. I can apply these patches and speakup to Vanilla sources; however defaults for the .config have me a little stumped and i'd rather not do the whole config myself without guidance unless I absolutely have to. In the sarge days i'd grab 2.6.15, apply Marvell ethernet patches and speakup then build 2 or 3 different images with speakup and vmware features in them. Looks like kernels have gotten a little trickier since then. Regards, Kerry.
