On 27 Aug 2010, at 21:11, Aaron Bauman wrote:

... I would rather not use the ubuntu kernel as previously suggested unless it is completely safe. I am currently booting successfully off of Ubuntu running kernel version 2.6.32-21-generic.

Why would it be unsafe? The Ubuntu kernel config from /proc/config.gz is a config optimised for desktop systems of your architecture by a bunch of clever guys working for Canonical.

Whilst it may be possible to optimise the kernel very specifically for your hardware, I think you would notice more shortcomings of that than benefits, and it just seems a lengthy waste of time.

Stroller.