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From: Marek W <marekw1977@yahoo.com.au>
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To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Automatic Configuration of a Kernel
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:18:13 +1000
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:04, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 19:03 -0700, David Lang wrote:
> > another advantage of having an auto-config for the kernel is that people
> > who are experimenting may have the auto-config find hardware that they
> > didn't realize they had (or they didn't realize that support had been
> > added)
> >
> > I know that most of my kernels don't have support for everything the
> > motherboards have on them (mostly I don't care much about the other
> > features, but in some cases they weren't supported, or weren't worth the
> > hassle of figureing the correct config for when I started, and I've never
> > gone back to try and figure it out)
>
> Why does this have to be in the kernel again?  Isn't this exactly what
> you get with a fully modular config and hotplug?

Not so much the kernel. When compiling the kernel I'd prefer not to waste time 
and space compiling the 100+ modules I will never ever use on my laptop. I'd 
prefer for something to select the modules necessary for my hardware. I can't 
afford the time to keep up to date with that's new and what isn't, what has 
changed, what has been superseded, which module works with which device, 
chipset even, etc...


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