Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:25:55 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students |
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On Oct 16 2007 16:23, Rik van Riel wrote:
>> >base function: >> >Starting from a stock distro (FC, Ubuntu, OpenSuSE...) and put down a >> >kernel.org tree and automatically create a .config with all the >> >drivers needed for the platform I'm building on. >> >> Too easy. Since opensuse's udev loads most of the modules for your >> hardware, all that would be needed is to transform the lsmod list of >> modules plus the static options in /proc/config.gz (stuff like >> psmouse) back into kconfig options ;-) > >Well, at that point it does not know whether or not you >occasionally plug in an ipod or a digital camera.
Which is why building an allmod kernel (or what the distros do) is IMO the better solution. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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