On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 22:01 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > hi ya > > On Sun, 14 Nov 2004, William Ballard wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:03:25PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > stock kernel problems ... which is next to impossible to work for > > > "everybody for every combination of hardware" > > > > What would happen if you just went through "make menuconfig" and > > answered "y" / builtin for everything possible. Would that make a > > kernel that could work with anything Linux is capable of working with? > > not quite ... the problem is: > - with "y" the kernel gets super super big by putting it all into > the kernel > - you killed off all those that want to keep > the kernel small so that it fits on a floppy > or those that want to have a complete linux on a floppy > > - some exploiter will probably find a kernel buffer overflow > in one or more of the drivers > > - you made it insecure for those that do NOT need > those modules in their kernel > > - if you use "m" instead of "y" for all the drivers... > the kernel is little smalller ... but you would need an initrd > if you used "m" for ide or scsi drivers to boot your box
Or, you answer y for the relevant IDE, SCSI, fs & chipset drivers, and m to everything else. Then, you don't need an initrd. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B "I need an expert on the pain I'm goin' thru, so I keep George on the ol' turn table 'till I'm over you..." Mark Chesnutt, "Just Playin' Possum"
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