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>5. Hardware and kernel</H1
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>5.1. Setup</H2
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> This is a description of the salient features of the setup used to
develop the procedures described below. All the procedures have
been tried and tested, also for Linux-2.6. The screen-like
displays are precise copies of what appeared on my screen.
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> Hardware: Intel (R) Celeron (TM) 1100 MHz
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> Distribution: RedHat Linux 7.0 (extensively modified)
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> Kernel: Linux-2.4.20 (from www.kernel.org). See also
<A
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>Section 12</A
> for Linux-2.6.x.
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> Tools: util-linux-2.11z (<SPAN
CLASS="application"
>mount</SPAN
>, <SPAN
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>umount</SPAN
>, <SPAN
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>fdisk</SPAN
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e2fsprogs-1.32 (<SPAN
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>mke2fs</SPAN
>, <SPAN
CLASS="application"
>dumpe2fs</SPAN
>, <SPAN
CLASS="application"
>fsck.ext2</SPAN
>);
mkdosfs-2.2
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>5.2. Kernel options</H2
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> It is uncertain if USB-support is sufficient in kernels earlier
than 2.4.xx. The following support, relevant to this document, was
compiled into the kernel. A modular approach may also be followed.
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>5.2.1. SCSI support</H3
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> SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI scsi_mod.o)</SPAN
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> SCSI disk support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD sd_mod.o)</SPAN
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> DOS FAT fs support (CONFIG_FAT_FS fat.o)</SPAN
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> MSDOS fs support (CONFIG_MSDOS_FS msdos.o)</SPAN
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VFAT (Windows 95) fs support (CONFIG_VFAT_FS vfat.o)
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> /proc filesystem (CONFIG_PROC_FS)</SPAN
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Second extended fs support (ext2fs) (CONFIG_EXT2_FS ext2.o)
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>5.2.3. USB support</H3
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> Support for USB (CONFIG_USB usbcore.o)</SPAN
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Preliminary USB device filesystem (CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS)
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USB Mass Storage support (CONFIG_USB_STORAGE usb-storage.o)
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>5.3. Notes</H2
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> In the lists above the entities in uppercase refer to the
variable names to be found in the <TT
CLASS="filename"
>.config</TT
>
file in the upper level directory of the kernel source (<TT
CLASS="filename"
>/usr/src/linux/</TT
>). The entities
<TT
CLASS="filename"
>xxx.o</TT
> refer to the modules created when a
modular approach is followed. When there is no reference to a
module, the option can only be hard-compiled into the kernel.
</P
><P
> Different kernel versions may have different indications of
options when, for example, <EM
>make menuconfig</EM
>
or <EM
> make xconfig</EM
> are run. Variables such
as CONFIG_USB, which can be gleaned from the various <EM
> help</EM
> options, may be a more reliable indication.
</P
><P
> Very recent Linux distributions such as
<EM
>RedHat</EM
> and <EM
>SuSE</EM
>
probably have the appropriate kernel options compiled in.
</P
><P
> Under USB-support, options for a number of digital cameras are
available.
</P
><P
> Please consult the relevant texts as set out in
<A
HREF="reading.html"
>Section 4</A
> if you consider (re)compiling your
kernel.
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