From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934825AbXGLQO5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:14:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758071AbXGLQOr (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:14:47 -0400 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([209.217.80.40]:52075 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934115AbXGLQOq (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:14:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:14:02 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Mark Shelby Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel autoconfig option? Message-ID: <20070712161402.GA18550@kroah.com> References: <78ecab220707120718q7cfcff43u66f80711c7ec1005@mail.gmail.com> <78ecab220707120802p11ab3e1fye497f4107fe18c1d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <78ecab220707120802p11ab3e1fye497f4107fe18c1d@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 11:02:15AM -0400, Mark Shelby wrote: > That's an excellent idea. I am still thinking along the lines of > "idiot proof simplicity." It would be nice to have a configure script > that scanned your system board, sound card/chip various input ports, > etc, and went ahead and preselected those to build when you type > "make. > > If you could combine this with the make "allmodconfig" command in a > user friendly interface, I think you'd really be on to something! > --as long as it's still configurable after the preselected choices are > made. Check the archives, this comes up every 6 months or so. Also, you can just use the simple scripts as described in the book, "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell", free online, to do most of what you are looking for here (automatic detection of what driver is needed for what device.) good luck, greg k-h