On Sunday 08 January 2006 12:50, David Baron wrote: >Now that I can roll my own kernel, got rid of the initrd and all that, >question is how to pare down the number of modules--most of the time > spent compiling the thing is spent on hundreds of modules to support > the known universe. All I need is to support my own computer. > >Some things may be simple: I have no nvidia anywhere, no wireless, no > HP, nada. I also have the documentation for my motherboard > somewhere--an old sockitome from the far east. I have lmsensors > working so know what modules are involved. That leaves several > hundred more around. > >Is there a utility, script, that can tell me what I need and what I > should simply set to "N" instead of "M"? Alternatively, something to > tell me what I am actually using now?
The 'M's can be discovered from a run of lsmod, then comparing that list to what the various drivers will be called. No use building those which are not being brought in boot time. -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
