[Arm-netbook] Mele/A10 Kernel

[lkcl luke]

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Henrik Nordström
<henrik at henriknordstrom.net> wrote:
> tis 2012-05-01 klockan 13:59 +0100 skrev lkcl luke:
>
>>  in other words, do consider using the 2.6.{whatever} kernel - or
>> whatever actually works, get everything working, and _then_ replace
>> one and *ONLY* one component at a time.
>
> Not sure what you mean by this. Replace what components with what?

 for example, i am advising paul to consider - nothing more than
*consider* - using the 2.6.36 kernel initially, and the version of
u-boot that is known to work, and downloading pre-existing armhf
debian packages known to be working, proving that it all works.... AND
THEN AND ONLY THEN trying the 3.0 or 3.3 kernel, and THEN AND ONLY
THEN trying a new version of u-boot, and THEN AND ONLY THEN trying
some alternative package compilations, tricks, combinations and so on.

 in other words, start from a known easy-to-achieve but above-all
absolute paramount and ultra-high-priority *working* system,
regardless of whether it is the required actual ultimate goal, and
then change one and ONLY one component or item at a time.

 and - most importantly - RELEASE IT!  make it publicly available!
preferably as you're actually going along, rather than "oh i'll
release it when it's ready" (*1)

 then, if the "component" selected - the change required - turns out
to not work, or is too much to do, then the action that can be taken
is:

a) give up.  this is not an unreasonable option.  it's *not* a failure
(*2).  at least, however, someone else can take over because you
released everything publicly.

b) ask for help.  this again is not an unreasonable option: someone
else might have more expertise than you.  it is NOT a failure or a
threat to your ego if you ask for help.

c) try a smaller incremental step.  this again is perfectly
reasonable: yes you couldn't get xyz working but so what - if you try
just x or just y or just z or even w you might get a little bit
further.

is that clearer?

l.

(*1) this attitude absolutely drives me nuts: it means *you* want "all
the glory", or your ego is in the way - fear of criticism - which is
just as bad.  don't do it!  work publicly, and openly invite others to
collaborate with you!

(*2) however if you didn't release everything publicly, you just
pissed everyone off by forcing them to duplicate all the effort that
you _did_ go to.