On 28/07/07, shacky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Symbol: USB [=y] > > Prompt: Support for Host-side USB > > Defined at drivers/usb/Kconfig:51 > > Depends on: USB_SUPPORT && USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD > > Location: > > -> Device Drivers > > -> USB support (USB_SUPPORT [=y]) > > Could you tell me how you found them, please? >
Some of them I just knew from past experiences where to find, some of them are logical (like, obviously 'reiserfs' is found in the Filesystems submenu), some I searched for using "/" and a few I googled. > > Hint: In menuconfig, type "/" to search. > > Thank you very much! > You're welcome. By the way; if you had taken the time to read the text at the top of the menuconfig interface you'd have known this already - "... Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for Help, </> for Search." > > Not really. Your distribution could be loading a ton of modules that > > you don't really need. 'lsmod' will just show you what is currently > > loaded, but that that doesn't necessarily mean that all those modules > > are really needed. > > Ok, how I can know what modules are needed and what not? Only knowing > the hardware of my system? > If you know the hardware of the system, the filesystems you use etc etc, then it should be possible to deduce what modules you need... Read the help text for each config option related to your modules and think about whether or not you need it... > Another question please, what the symbol "---" near a kernel > configuration entry in menuconfig means? This entry is activated (with > * or M) or not? > It means that the option was automagically selected by some other option you selected, so you can't disable it unless you first disable that other option that selected it. -- Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
