From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 19 05:45:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA02741 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 05:45:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA02715 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 05:44:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup429.serv.net [207.207.70.30]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA06189 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 05:45:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980619054457.007f8500@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 05:44:57 -0700 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Current projects... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Just got done building my 6th or 7th custom kernel (this includes the non-working ones) and this one works beautifully, and shaves off a full 500K (mostly because of removing all the SCSI support - I have an all-IDE system). I also added PCM support through the PC squeaker (a little-known capability documented in the LINT file in usr/src/sys/i386/conf), so if I can't have sound card support right now, at least I can hear tinny-sounding digital audio through my PC's built in speaker (maybe I'll get a larger speaker). :-) Next project (working on at the moment) - upgrading parts of 2.2.6 to the snapshot release of 3.0 - specifically, bin, proflibs and src. These are downloading at the moment as I type. Hopefully everything will work well together, or a complete reinstall of 2.2.6 might be in order (another custom kernel build will DEFINITELY be in order). From what I've read of v3.0, they've made some MAJOR improvements and bug fixes in the kernel. I can't wait for the stable release, gotta have it now!!! :-) I'll keep y'all informed on how the upgrade goes and if I notice any differences. Tim -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message