Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261544AbVEOHnJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2005 03:43:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261547AbVEOHnJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2005 03:43:09 -0400 Received: from h80ad2528.async.vt.edu ([128.173.37.40]:55556 "EHLO h80ad2528.async.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261544AbVEOHnE (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2005 03:43:04 -0400 Message-Id: <200505150742.j4F7gds1020180@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Edgar Toernig , jmerkey , Scott Robert Ladd , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Automatic .config generation In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 15 May 2005 09:03:42 +0200." <200505150903.42212.petkov@uni-muenster.de> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <42839AF7.4030708@coyotegulch.com> <42838D4C.3040207@utah-nac.org> <20050512231726.6198bbc6.froese@gmx.de> <200505150903.42212.petkov@uni-muenster.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1116142954_5152P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 03:42:35 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1475 Lines: 39 --==_Exmh_1116142954_5152P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, 15 May 2005 09:03:42 +0200, Borislav Petkov said: > On Thursday 12 May 2005 23:17, Edgar Toernig wrote: > > jmerkey wrote: > > > Scott Robert Ladd wrote: > > > >Is there a utility that creates a .config based on analysis of the > > > >target system? > how about /proc/config.gz.. although this was pretty recent IIRC. That describes the currently running kernel *as built* - so for instance booting a RedHat kernel on almost anything will show 3 zillion things built as modules - including 2.5 zillion things that aren't needed in the current config (for instance, every single sound card driver may be included). What is desired is a utility that will do an lspci/lsusb/etc and build up a .config that matches *the current hardware* (for instance, only including a module for the one sound card that's actually installed). --==_Exmh_1116142954_5152P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFChv1qcC3lWbTT17ARAsgmAJ9uPxOUuHr7GzrgLmmpS2wcK1+hfACfcycT 8PC+gsnbDk5RMphYgDQ7E9Y= =f9Df -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1116142954_5152P-- - 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/