Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-15 Thread bsquared
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:43 AM, bsquared wrote: > > It seems that there is a script in the kenel src tree that may do this > (./scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl), I will report back when I > have tried it. > I followed the steps indicated in the header comments of the script file, and it see

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-15 Thread bsquared
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:53:18 -0700 > bsquared wrote: > >> There is a dead? project out there (kcheck, kautoconfig, autokernconf) >> all the same I think. >> > Yeah, I found this old thread http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/16/290 that > mentions aut

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-09 Thread Juan Alberto Regalado Galván
I also had an idea some time ago somehow related to what you are saying. I used to compile the kernel several times with different configurations, so every time I compile it, I wanted to know how long will it take beforehand. So I think about compiling a small program as a reference, and then use t

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-09 Thread Andrew Benton
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:53:18 -0700 bsquared wrote: > There is a dead? project out there (kcheck, kautoconfig, autokernconf) > all the same I think. > Yeah, I found this old thread http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/16/290 that mentions autokernconf and a couple of other scripts but I've not yet found on

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-08 Thread Neal Murphy
On Friday 08 April 2011 19:54:08 Andrew Benton wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:58:26 -0400 > > Neal Murphy 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.

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-08 Thread bsquared
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:58:26 -0400 > Neal Murphy 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

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:58:26 -0400 Neal Murphy 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

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-08 Thread Neal Murphy
On Friday 08 April 2011 15:44:12 Andrew Benton wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:09:14 -0700 > > bsquared wrote: > > One would think that there would be a script that could make a config > > from a running system. > > That's an interesting idea for an open sourced project. It wouldn't > have to be

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:09:14 -0700 bsquared wrote: > > One would think that there would be a script that could make a config > from a running system. That's an interesting idea for an open sourced project. It wouldn't have to be perfect, as long as it booted the user could fine tweak it for them

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-08 Thread bsquared
Thanks for replys. Currently re-reading kernel configuration chapters of lkn (http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_kernel/kernel_configuration). My host is Ubuntu, and it does not have config stored in kernel, but i did find one in /boot. Anyone try using configuration targets "allconfi

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-07 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 07:53:59PM +0100, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 09:55:35 -0700 > bsquared wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Can anyone help determine what may be wrong with kernel config. > > The last message is: > > > > [ 15.448606] [] ? 386_start_kernel + 0x79/0x7b > > > > It

Re: Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-07 Thread Andrew Benton
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 09:55:35 -0700 bsquared wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone help determine what may be wrong with kernel config. > The last message is: > > [ 15.448606] [] ? 386_start_kernel + 0x79/0x7b > > It looks like several drivers have loaded as I noticed SDA, USB and > ATH5K related mess

Kernel Help Requested

2011-04-07 Thread bsquared
Hello, Can anyone help determine what may be wrong with kernel config. The last message is: [ 15.448606] [] ? 386_start_kernel + 0x79/0x7b It looks like several drivers have loaded as I noticed SDA, USB and ATH5K related messages were displayed. There are no error messages, but the Caps Lock a