From: Chris White <chriswhite@gentoo.org>
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To: marekw1977@yahoo.com.au
Subject: Re: Automatic Configuration of a Kernel
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:53:17 +0900
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On Thursday 15 September 2005 09:09, Marek W wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:49, Daniel Thaler wrote:
> > Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On 15/09/05, Ahmad Reza Cheraghi <a_r_cheraghi@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>Hi
> > >>
> > >>I wrote this Framework for making a .config based on
> > >>the System Hardwares. It would be a great help if some
> > >>people would give me their opinion about it.

[tons of snipping]

> Something that can do the hardware detection, then maps that to drivers
> would be very useful.

well, in theory this works as well.  If you do this in the kernel source=20
directory:

make allmodconfig

that makes a kernel with all possible configure options that can be built a=
s=20
modules enabled.

make install

and you have a couple of nice files in /lib/modules/(version)/modules.*map

=2Drw-r--r--  1 root root    73 Sep 14 23:15 modules.ieee1394map
=2Drw-r--r--  1 root root   132 Sep 14 23:15 modules.inputmap
=2Drw-r--r--  1 root root    81 Sep 14 23:15 modules.isapnpmap
=2Drw-r--r--  1 root root  7834 Sep 14 23:15 modules.pcimap
=2Drw-r--r--  1 root root    43 Sep 14 23:15 modules.seriomap
=2Drw-r--r--  1 root root 80010 Sep 14 23:15 modules.usbmap

the usual favorite of mine is modules.pcimap, which, when compined with lsp=
ci=20
can give you the proper module for your pci device.  Granted it has the fau=
lt=20
of a) how to figure out the configure option.  Sometimes it's CONFIG_[name]=
,=20
sometimes it's not (grepping maybe?) b) sometimes two drivers do the same=20
thing, but if enabled together will cause kittens to cry and babies to pull=
=20
flowers.  Therein lies one of the main issues.  I'm going to assume by seei=
ng=20
the rules_file bit that you address it in that way.  However, seeing the=20
development model of the kernel, trying to keep that updated may get a litt=
le=20
weird. =20

My 1.5 $denomination
Chris White

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