kernel defconfig, debugging, preemption, and very noticeable speedups

[Vasco Névoa]

pbondo wrote:
> Today I simply took the files at
> http://www.bsdmn.com/openmoko/andy_nodebug_nopreempt/ and copied them onto a
> SHR-U and rebooted.
>
> In the process I have lost sound and USB connection, but I am sure there is
> a reasonable explanation for that.
>   
The kernel modules are probably not being loaded.
Check that you have untarred the modules.tar.gz contents into the right 
place and ran depmod with the right parameters after that. Search and 
you shall find. :)