elfs | Holy Kernel Bloat, Batman!

I'm trying to rebuild the Linux kernel and see if my laptop can handle 2.6.0. The number of questions asked during the configuration process was simply mind-boggling, and the number of applications I may or will have to rebuild afterwards is daunting-- Linux 2.6.0 stops using the OSS (Open Source Sound) system, which was always a little unreliable, in favor of ALSA (Alternative Linux Sound Architecture)-- Hey, if it's the default, can it still call itself "the alternative?" The source tree was nearly 70 megabytyes.

But I think I've got it set up now to build correctly. The only question then becomes, have I done it "right enough" to bring back the console on reboot? If I haven't, then I may be in real trouble-- there's no guarantee that the 2.6.0 module init functions work right with the 2.4.0 kernel. And what about suspend mode? Does that even work? PCMCIA? Eeek... I hope I haven't consigned myself to upgrade hell. Good thing I backed up the laptop last night.

A few depressing statistics:

78% of my readers use Windows.
6% use Mac.
5% use Linux.
11% wouldn't reveal their operating system.
162 readers use WebTV, 15 use OS/2, and 1 uses BeOS.

I downloaded and watched The Matrix Revolutions trailer. I'm ambivalent about it. We'll see.

Anyway, if you don't see anything more from me today, it's because I fried Lain trying to give her an upgrade. See you all later...