Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students

[david@lang.hm]

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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