Paul Cartwright wrote:
On Mon December 21 2009, Celejar wrote:
2) From the appropriate directory, run make menuconfig (or xconfig or
whatever you prefer) and configure appropriately
I think I have done this before, I think I tried it for a 64bit kernel, for my
Duo-Core processor, but it didn't turn out well. Seems to me the "configure'
part takes 2 days, or way too many options. I seem to remember it asked
whether i wanted support for every known piece of hardware out there, and I
don't know when to say Y or N..
I think you may have done "make config" rather than "make menuconfig".
Menuconfig - at least should - provide a menu-based interface you can
select packages from. It can still take a while, but much faster than
being asked for each one which is... somewhat unwieldy these days.
Similarly, "make xconfig" provides an X-windows interface; I've never
used this.
One way of getting a list of modules you might need is to start with a
stock kernel based on using modules, perhaps from a live CD. Start
anything you want up, then do "lsmod" which will get you a list of all
the modules it's loaded. Mapping between the module name and the exact
option needed is not always as easy as it might be, but we'll call that
"learning experience" ;) Apart from that, you have to anticipate: for
example if you think you might need USB printing, but don't have one
right now, perhaps include it.
--
Chris Jackson
Shadowcat Systems Ltd.
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