Slackware11 solves the problem of kernel upgrade startup.

Slackware11 solves the problem of kernel upgrade-Linux general technology-Linux programming and kernel information. The following is a detailed description. I installed slackware 11 in my computer (sony vgn-fs15c), with the kernel 2.4.33.3, found a lot of problems, touchpad can not be used, wireless can not be used

Cat/proc/cpuinfo found problems
Processor: 0
Vendor_id: GenuineIntel
Cpu family: 6
Model: 13
Model name: Intel (R) Pentium (R) M processor 1.60 GHz
Stepping: 8
Cpu MHz: 1596.272
Cache size: 64 KB ---> seems too small
Fdiv_bug: no
Hlt_bug: no
F00f_bug: no
Coma_bug: no
Fpu: yes
Fpu_exception: yes
Cpuid level: 2
Wp: yes
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx est tm2
Bogomips: 3195.72
Clflush size: 64

So I thought of changing the kernel. Since kernel 2.6.21 was just released, I heard that there were many changes and I joined kvm.

Download kernel 2.6.21 from kernel.org
Decompress the package to/usr/src.

[Root @ slackware] # cd linux-2.6.21
[Root @ slackware] # make oldconfig
[Root @ slackware] # make menuconfig
I use Intel Pentium M as the cpu, and choose pm, kvm, and nvidia graphics cards. Do not select fb. Otherwise, an error occurs during nvidia compilation.
The video card is geforce go 6200. if you translate ext3into the kernel, initrd.gz is disabled.
[Root @ slackware] # time make all-j2
[Root @ slackware] # make modules_install
[Root @ slackware] # cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage/boot

Add a startup Item to menu. lst
# Linux bootable partition config begins
Title Slackware 11 (kernel 2.6.21-pm)
Root (hd0, 2)
Kernel/boot/bzImage root =/dev/hda3 ro vga = 791
# Linux bootable partition config ends

After restart
Ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason-2
Ipw2200: Unable to load firmware:-2
Ipw2200: failed to register network device
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :06:04. 0 disabled
Ipw2200: probe of course :06:04. 0 failed with error-5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000: 00: 1f. 3 [B]-> Link [LNKD]-> GSI 11 (level, low)-> IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000: 00: 1b. 0 [A]-> Link [LNKA]-> GSI 10 (level, low)-> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of the device 0000: 00: 1b. 0 to 64
Cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
Cs: IO port probe ox800-0x80f :_
Then crash

Later, it was reported that the pcmica had crashed.
Modify/etc/pcmica/config. opts
Find
Include port 0x100-0x3af, port 0x3e0-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x80f, port 0x820-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
Change
Include port 0x100-0x3af, port 0x3e0-0x4ff, port 0x820-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff

Restart
........
Can be started
Excited .......

Touchpad can also be used in 2.4.33.3.

[Root @ slackware] # uname-
Linux slackware 2.6.21-pm #5 Fri Jun 8 20:46:55 CST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Cat/proc/cpuinfo

Processor: 0
Vendor_id: GenuineIntel
Cpu family: 6
Model: 13
Model name: Intel (R) Pentium (R) M processor 1.60 GHz
Stepping: 8
Cpu MHz: 1596.272
Cache size: 2048 KB ----> normal
Fdiv_bug: no
Hlt_bug: no
F00f_bug: no
Coma_bug: no
Fpu: yes
Fpu_exception: yes
Cpuid level: 2
Wp: yes
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx est tm2
Bogomips: 3195.72
Clflush size: 64

Working on wireless
You have not experienced kvm at the beginning.