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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

See http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl for
2.2.16 kernel bzImage.vam which supports
vesafb (vesa 2.0 cards)
atyfb (ati mach64)
matroxfb (as module only).    - download my matroxfb.o

Instructions in /bl/blfiles.htm

You can also use David's compiled xfbdev and fbset with this (at my site).

Framebuffer will display text on the console using various resolutions and 
color depths specified on the loadlin or lilo line (for vesafb and atyfb) 
or on the insmod line (for matroxfb).

This kernel also supports scsi boot (from hard drive or other scsi disk 
device, aic7xxx module for Adaptec PCI scsi controller), and sound 
(soundblaster and some others).

David Moberg helped a lot with this and offered to compile the same thing 
for 2.4.31 with usb-storage and the rest of his 2.4.31 usb support.  In 
2.4 atyfb will be a module, but vesafb has to be built into the kernel.

David, will the usb devices all be modules?

This kernel might support booting from memory stick (scsi and usb 
required) - should usb-storage be compiled into the kernel to avoid the 
need for initrd?

Take a look at config.vam (vesa-ati-matrox) and let him know if you want 
anything added.  This config is loosely modelled on BL2 but also has loop 
built in.  No network file systems or firewall, but they can be added on 
request.  It is over 500K and therefore bz not z.

How much larger would the same kernel be in 2.4, without the USB?


keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org