Hi, Gentoo does provide the standard kernel source. You'll want to read the Gentoo Kernel Guide, online. I forget the exact package name at the moment. Yours, Zack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples" <mikster4@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Features after users guide publication >I don't think you will have any problems running a custom kernel under > gentoo, if you did the configuration of the kernel yourself, you > shouldn't have any trouble there (that would be where I would expect > most users having the trouble). You will need to read the docs for the > portage system to find out how to tell portage you are doing the kernel > yourself (although I suppose you can miss this out and just not compile > and install the kernel sources provided by portage, and just continue > with your own custom kernel (source from kernel.org and patched with > speakup)). > > Also CVS isn't too much different to subversion (particularly if you are > only using it as a user, rather than developer). > > From > Michael Whapples > On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 12:34 -0300, Cleverson wrote: >> Michahel wrote: >> "This will probably mean you will need to use the standard >> kernel source rather than the gentoo kernel source (as I remember even >> their >> vanilla kernel source which is meant to be it before any modifications >> seemed to be slightly different preventing >> speakup patching from CVS)." >> >> I was just wondering if I won't have any problems runing a standard >> kernel >> under Gentoo. Is there any other way I could download the current version >> and patch it manually? Maybe I'll have to learn how CVS works, as up to >> now >> I know subversion only. >> >> Anyways, thanks for all of infos. >> >> Cleverson >> >> "Be realistic; ask for the impossible." >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________________ >> Yahoo! Mail - Sempre a melhor opo para voc! >> Experimente j e veja as novidades. >> http://br.yahoo.com/mailbeta/tudonovo/ >> >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
