Gentoo Image, Which Applications are in and Which are Out

I don't want to wipe out my previous message in case there's a link limit and it somehow messes it all up..

I wrote a script to make sure the host CPU has the required extensions/instructions for the Gentoo image. The end is very near!

Please run the following to make sure your machine is x86-64-v2 or newer:

If anything is missing, your system will not be able to run the Gentoo image, or you may see segfaults, other errors, etc.

I have expunged Gedit from all the sample config and replaced with Geany in 2.9

Lol I thought Geany was bugged in Gentoo but the line break column setting is stuck at 72, the line won't move. Happens on both Gentoo and Debian, reopening Geany or a new file, it doesn't take the line break setting. (Edit -> Preferences -> Editor -> Features -> Line breaking column.) Geany version 1.38 on both distros, same problem.

I know this is off-topic, just letting you know or maybe there's a button besides "Apply" and "OK" to actually take the input that I don't know about.

I haven't noticed, I never have line-breaking on for code.

andypugh wrote:

I haven't noticed, I never have line-breaking on for code.
 

Just tried it. Line breaking happens at the requested point if you change it. 
But the line on the display is a separate thing, adjusted by the setting preferences-editor-display-long line marker
 

One other thing that won't be included that I forgot to mention are touchscreens and touchpads. There's too many variables with those, and I don't have any to test with.

Installer is just shy of 900 lines right now, all that's left is to finish the stage4 tarball and GRUB.

Don't run this yet but here it is:

github.com/NTULINUX/gentoo_backup/blob/linuxcnc/installer.sh

USB network adapters are also out (not included.)

Support for wired Atheros, Broadcom, Intel and Realtek NICs will be the only NICs included as these are the most common. The Gentoo image+installer project has been on hold the past few months, I'm going to be knocking out the initial installer and Gentoo image over the next week or so.

The latest 6.1 kernel (6.1.29 as of this writing) will be supported out of the box (patched with PREEMPT_RT) as well as the latest release candidate kernel (6.4 series, rc2 as of this writing) at your option for those who want to live on the edge.

NTULINUX wrote:

USB network adapters are also out (not included.)
 

Given that many systems will be using Ethernet FPGA boards, and will need a dongle for networking, that might be something of an omission. 
Though if this is a pure RTAI system (as seems likely) that is a non-issue. 
 

Andy,

Ah.. This would be PREEMPT_RT. No RTAI at least for awhile.

Well, with that being said I'll grab the usual suspects for wired USB NICs (no WiFi dongles supported due to no WiFi support enabled in distribution package options)

To include:

USB_RTL8150
USB_RTL8152
USB_LAN78XX / Microchip LAN78XX Based USB Ethernet Adapters
USB_NET_AX8817X / ASIX AX88xxx Based USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapters
USB_NET_AX88179_178A / ASIX AX88179/178A USB 3.0/2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet
USB_NET_CDCETHER / CDC Ethernet support (smart devices such as cable modems)
USB_NET_CDC_EEM / CDC EEM support
USB_NET_CDC_NCM / CDC NCM support

From my memory, a lot of USB wired NICs are at least one of those.

If anyone's USB NIC doesn't work, just post your `lsmod` with your USB NIC plugged into a Debian system and I'll throw it in the config, if it isn't WiFi.

Cheers!

My machine is using

Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

I am pretty sure that this is what is used in the "Wi-Pi" dongles sold for the Raspberry Pi, and those are generally a good choice for Linux compatibility.

But trying a bunch of random dongles I also seem to have:
Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
Broadcom Corp. BCM43143 802.11bgn (1x1) Wireless Adapter
and another Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter