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diff --git a/source/k/README_SPEAKUP_PATCH.TXT b/source/k/README_SPEAKUP_PATCH.TXT deleted file mode 100644 index 505f5852..00000000 --- a/source/k/README_SPEAKUP_PATCH.TXT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,86 +0,0 @@ - -Now that Speakup is included in the mainline kernel it has been built -into the huge kernel and added as modules to the generic kernel, so there -is no longer a need to use a special kernel for Speakup. - -This is an archive of the speakup project's GIT HEAD snapped on the given -day, and was used to build the speakup.s kernel. Grabbing Speakup's GIT -repo (if you want the very latest) is done like this, by the way: - -git clone http://www.linux-speakup.org/speakup.git - -Then use "./makedist" to make the speakup-3.1.6.tar.bz2 tarball. - -To build the same kernel as Slackware included as speakup.s, you'll -need to do this: - -Untar the speakup archive, and cd into the speakup directory: - -tar xf speakup-3.1.6.tar.bz2 -cd speakup-3.1.6 - -Patch whatever kernel you happen to want to compile: -./install /usr/src/linux-2.6.35.11 - -Change to the kernel directory: -cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.35.11 - -If you want to start with the defaults one of Slackware's kernels, you can do -that like this: - -cat /boot/vmlinuz-huge-2.6.35.11 > .config - -Or, better yet, if you have access to the Slackware tree use the -Speakup .config that was used: - -cat (slacktree)/kernels/speakup.s/config > .config - -Then do any additional configuation to the kernel that you may require: - -make menuconfig - -You might want to check in Device Drivers -> Accessibility -> Speakup -to make sure that Speakup support is configured to your liking. - -After that, it's build and install: -make -make modules_install -make bzImage -cat arch/x86/boot/bzImage > /boot/vmlinuz-huge-2.6.35.11-speakup - -I put the -speakup on the end of the kernel name so that I can remember -which kernel I've patched, but that part is entirely optional. - -The next step will be to edit add the new kernel's modules to an initrd if -you use one (if you didn't build in the root filesystem or something like -that you will need an initrd). See "man mkinitrd" for more details on the -subject of making an initrd. - -Now just add the new kernel (and possibly the /boot/initrd.gz) to -/etc/lilo.conf, run lilo as root, and you are ready to reboot. Make sure -to use an append="speakup parameters" type line in /etc/lilo.conf to -configure speakup to use the proper synth driver. You many also need to -specify the serial port or other parameters, like this: - -append="speakup.synth=dectlk speakup.ser=2" - -This line would attempt to use Speakup with a DecTalk Express on /dev/ttyS1. - -Note that with Speakup 3.x, the kernel parameter names have changed to -contain dots rather than underscores. Other options have changed as -well. Although perhaps not a complete list, I found these changes noted -on the linuxfromscratch web site: - -speakup_synth became speakup.synth, and the "sftsyn" synthesizer became "soft"; - -speakup_ser became speakup.ser, and serial ports are now numbered starting from 1, -not from 0 (i.e., speakup_ser=1 became speakup.ser=2); - -speakup_quiet became speakup.quiet, valid values are 0 and 1; - -speakup_port became speakup.port. - -Good luck! :-) - -Pat - |