Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935527AbXJPVGH (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:06:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758790AbXJPVFz (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:05:55 -0400 Received: from dsl081-033-126.lax1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.33.126]:42276 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751191AbXJPVFy (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:05:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:10:08 -0700 (PDT) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Jan Engelhardt cc: Rik van Riel , Mark Gross , Giacomo Catenazzi , Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20071014190128.6e3cdb44@bree.surriel.com> <20071015170411.GB18550@linux.intel.com> <20071015183017.GB23130@uranus.ravnborg.org> <4713C582.4000504@debian.org> <20071016200623.GB23157@linux.intel.com> <20071016162310.1891914f@bree.surriel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1307 Lines: 32 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 - 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/