[Voyage-linux] wishlist for the next release ...

[Guenter]

Hi again,
On 12.08.2015 23:25, Guenter wrote:
> since the release of VL 0.10 I'm now running VL on a bunch of boxes,
> amongst them two Alix 2c3 and a Wrap 1c3, and also an Asus P5A+K6/2 ...
>
> 1st wish is that you configure the Kernel build to produce a
> /proc/config.gz - this seems always helpful and doesnt cost a lot of space
>
> 2nd its probably a common wish to use a more precise Realtime clock with
> those Alix and Wrap boards like the DS3231; the kernel module for this
> clock chip is rtc-ds1307, and would be great to include hat by default
>
> 3rd it was a pain to compile those kernel modules which I needed self;
> the provided VL kernel sources were incomplete (missing and / or
> conflicting headers) and did not compile; instead I ended up with
> downloading the complete kernel sources from kernel.org (or was it from
> Debian? Cant recall ATM) and then copy over the kernel config from the
> VL kernel sources ...
>
> Also for the older Asus P5A which is interesting for me since it also
> has a SMBus (I2C) connector (like Alix and Wrap) the kernel module for
> the Ali 15xx chipsets were missing (I found an older post in the mailing
> list archives which announced the removal of these modules - but why?
> They are not so big, or?)
>
> It would probably be a great thing if you would compile the kernel with
> as much modules as possible, but then pack them separately as addon so
> people like me need then only download this module package, extract and
> 'depmpd -a' and done ...;
> I think Voyage Linux is not only attractive for the few embedded x86
> platforms but also for a couple of older mainboards with AMD-K6,
> AMD-Geode or Via-Epia processors which all consume less power, and would
> be great to have these "generic x86 boards" hardware fully supported.

4th point I forgot to mention is the incomplete bluetooth kernel 
support; the modules bnep.ko and rfcomm.ko (with tty support) should 
always be included with all VL distros.

Thanks, Günter.