It’s been a while since I posted anything up. But this one is jsut a short add for anyone with a computer like mine who wants a more streamlined kernel config.

I’ve just built 2.6.31 and it’s a very nice kernel. KMS works fairly well so far and it will be nice to try it out in Ubuntu 9.10 when it arrives (and then add in the xserver 1.7 ppa when it’s available).

My laptop is nothing spectacular, and this kernel doesn’t provide support for every option or add on device for this laptop. It was built for my specs to make my personal experience nicer, but I’m putting it up here so it could give you a starting point if you have some similar specs to me.

It has:

• Core 2 Duo
• ATI Mobility x1400
• and an Atheros 5xxx Wireless Card (custom, just like the nice big antennas on the back for superior uhh range with wireless stuff….)
• I also have an expresscard eSATA thing hooked up, USB drives, WM6.1 Phone (until android gets some GPS software I like)

So the kernel should work for those things plus some other more generic stuff.

Like I said if you wanna use it as a starting point for your own kernel, then good, that’s what it’s here for. If you don’t know how to do something right or don’t know if you need something extra in your kernel then either stick with a stock kernel or take a leap and read up about what type of hardware you have and what each option in the kernel is and how it affects you.

Config file for kernel 2.6.31 for Dell Insipron 6400