Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:02:15 -0400 | From | "Mark Shelby" <> | Subject | Re: kernel autoconfig option? |
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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.
On 7/12/07, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> wrote: > > On Jul 12 2007 10:18, Mark Shelby wrote: > > > > Would it be possible to design a program to scan your existing system > > hardware and pre-select your onboard hardware options within the > > kernel config menus? > > > Am I just crazy, or wouldn't this idea mke a lot of sense? Wouldn't it > > pretty much make the kernel "idiot proof" when installing from source? > > Why not just use `make allmodconfig`? If you happen to suddenly have a new > device you never had before (and I can assure you: this happens!), you > already have all modules. > > > > Jan > -- > - 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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