On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
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.
if all you want is a config that will work you are right.
however if you want a good base for an optimized, minimal kernel it's not
much help (other then possibly as a stepping stone to then examine all the
modules that were loaded and document which ones are needed)
David Lang
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