ia64 Kernel Configuration HowTo

ia64 Kernel Configuration HowTo

[Karthik Gopalakrishnan]

Hi Folks.

    When I do a 'make config' before building the Kernel, I am faced
with tons of options. Some I understand. Some, I have no clue to even
make an educated guess. Could you please point me to a document that
explains what each of the options there stand for.

Thanks & Regards,
Karthik

Re: ia64 Kernel Configuration HowTo

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 06:50:51PM +0530, Karthik Gopalakrishnan wrote:
> Hi Folks.
> 
>    When I do a 'make config' before building the Kernel, I am faced
> with tons of options. Some I understand. Some, I have no clue to even
> make an educated guess. Could you please point me to a document that
> explains what each of the options there stand for.

You know that you can enter '?' at the prompt and get help for each one,
right?

I'd recommend starting from something like, say, zx1_defconfig (if you
have an HP) or sn2_defconfig (if you have an SGI), and tweak it from
there as you need.  Just run 'make zx1_defconfig' and you'll have many
fewer questions to answer.

You can also run 'make help' and it'll tell you a lot of other things
you can do.

Re: ia64 Kernel Configuration HowTo

[Karthik Gopalakrishnan]

Hi Mathew.

    Oops. I didn't know that. But ignorance is no excuse.

Thanks & regards,
Karthik

On 12/5/06, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 06:50:51PM +0530, Karthik Gopalakrishnan wrote:
> > Hi Folks.
> >
> >    When I do a 'make config' before building the Kernel, I am faced
> > with tons of options. Some I understand. Some, I have no clue to even
> > make an educated guess. Could you please point me to a document that
> > explains what each of the options there stand for.
>
> You know that you can enter '?' at the prompt and get help for each one,
> right?
>
> I'd recommend starting from something like, say, zx1_defconfig (if you
> have an HP) or sn2_defconfig (if you have an SGI), and tweak it from
> there as you need.  Just run 'make zx1_defconfig' and you'll have many
> fewer questions to answer.
>
> You can also run 'make help' and it'll tell you a lot of other things
> you can do.
>