On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Andrew Benton <b3n...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:58:26 -0400 > Neal Murphy <neal.p.mur...@alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > >> If the specific kernel option is enabled, one can 'zcat /proc/config.gz' to >> obtain the config used to build the running kernel. > > Yes, but it's a chicken and egg situation. The first time you compile a > kernel on a new computer all you have is the generic config from the > distro you used to install LFS. It would be nice if there was a simple > script that would use lsmod, lspci, lshw, dmidecode or whatever to > probe the hardware and write a basic .config for you that would at > least have some sensible defaults and would boot. If you just took the > ubunut (or whatever) .config it would have _everything_ enabled as a > module and it would take forever to compile. A script that at least > disabled support for hardware you don't have would save a lot of time. > > Andy > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
There is a dead? project out there (kcheck, kautoconfig, autokernconf) all the same I think. -- Thank you, -Brian -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
