Re: Automatic Configuration of a Kernel

Hua Zhong
2005-09-15T00:37:48Z

I concur.

There seems to be a trend that discourages normal users from running
kernel.org kernels, but I rarely find myself agree with such mind set.
Do we want more people to test vanilla kernels or not?

On 9/14/05, Marek W <marekw1977@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:49, Daniel Thaler wrote:
> > Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On 15/09/05, Ahmad Reza Cheraghi <a_r_cheraghi@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>Hi
> > >>
> > >>I wrote this Framework for making a .config based on
> > >>the System Hardwares. It would be a great help if some
> > >>people would give me their opinion about it.
> > >>
> > >>Regards
> > >
> > > It's for new linux users? They should use distributions kernels.
> > > It's for "power users"? They just do make menuconfig...
> > > It's for kernel developers? They just do vi .config.
> >
> > I like the idea.
> > I'm a power user and of course I can do make menuconfig, but it would be
> > useful when building a kernel for new hardware for example.
> >
> > Currently that involves looking at dmesg output to figure out the correct
> > options; this would provide a nice base config to work with and reduce the
> > amount of effort.
>
> I second that. Unlike majority of users I suppose, I upgrade the kernel often
> and I am on the bleeding edge (laptop user with some drivers still being in
> development). Even with oldconfig it's easy to miss a useful driver
> (sometimes there's no help or the volume of new options is too large).
>
> Something that can do the hardware detection, then maps that to drivers would
> be very useful.
>
>
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> Marek W
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