hm I think there is a misunderstanding here.
is normal lsmod shows you only a few modules; thats because the required drivers are built-in and not compiled as modules (thats actually part of my propose of building a personalized kernel), therefore, the only modules are the ones you manually load (rc.conf)
system.map-d630 is not the ramimage, is the system map. look here for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System.map
where is the ramimage? there is no ramimage.
The ram image is used to load a minimal system to autodetect and load from there most of the drivers.
But this kernel has built-in the required drivers, therefore a initram is not required.
read the wikipedia info about initram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd#Rationale
there they explain it quite good: its for single, generic kernels, that are supposed to boot over different type of hardware. And here, is an specialized kernel for this dell machines.
so its not necesary.
however, your comment about bluetooth looks like something I have to fix!
I'll check it, and see how can I fix it ;)
about the config_hz, well, not sure yet. info I have got tells me 1000 improves realtime apps, like video playing.
250 is often more used for servers, and it improves the general system, lowering the response of realtime applications.
since this machine has dvd, video playing is important. anyway, Im gonna do some tests to see which option is better :D
thanks a lot for the feedback :D
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| Package Base: | linux-d630 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Linux Kernel for laptops Dell Latitude D630 and D620 |
| Upstream URL: | http://www.kernel.org |
| Category: | kernels |
| Licenses: | |
| Submitter: | chris_l |
| Maintainer: | None |
| Last Packager: | None |
| Votes: | 0 |
| First Submitted: | 2012-01-01 02:40 |
| Last Updated: | 2012-04-10 17:04 |
Dependencies (3)
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Sources
- change-default-console-loglevel.patch
- config
- config.x86_64
- ext4-options.patch
- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/linux-3.3.tar.bz2
- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/patch-3.3.1.bz2
- i915-fix-ghost-tv-output.patch
Latest Comments
Comment by chris_l
Comment by cybertorture
After testing it out :
system - D620 with T2300 cpu intel GMA 950 vga iwl3945 wireless - all works except :
bluetooth (413c:8103 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 350 Bluetooth) does not work
lsmod show me only 5-6 modules loaded (md4, cifs, bluetooth, uhci_hcd, coretemp, i8k, slhc, pci_hotplug) most of them are loaded by rc.conf
ramimage (or w/e it is called ) name is "System.map-d630" better name it initramfs-d630.img
Anyway keep the good work :)
Comment by cybertorture
As for CONFIG_HZ - here is some info http://www.advenage.com/topics/linux-timer-interrupt-frequency.php
Comment by chris_l
@cybetorture well thank you, I didn't knew about those d620 (if they had different processor, why they didn't put them a different model number, instead of using the same? anyway...)
I put an if to detect the 15 cpu family and patch according to that
not sure about the other setting yet...
Comment by cybertorture
Well it is time for feedback !! :D
CONFIG_MCORE2:
Select this for Intel Core 2 and newer Core 2 Xeons (Xeon 51xx and
53xx) CPUs. You can distinguish newer from older Xeons by the CPU
family in /proc/cpuinfo. Newer ones have 6 and older ones 15
(not a typo)
- So it is not suitable on all D620
CONFIG_HZ_1000:
Well this depends on what are youur needs of this laptop but this is too high IMO.
Comment by chris_l
new kernel for lattitude d630 and d620! Any feedback is appreciated ;)
I own a d630 and test my builds there, so I'm sure it works there; but it may work on some other laptops.