Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755320AbYJBRCb (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:02:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754073AbYJBRCW (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:02:22 -0400 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.27]:64370 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754183AbYJBRCV (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:02:21 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=iy57uBtTGigS+KhBheE8hvIVHCurbpFriihS2e/OeLwsZDcDmErNW6Z9IC5KpmeMOg r0cVKTqZoSKH+6nsTqknTh3Y+lurvnNQMaS5m9xhOUxeHFpW+PYJE6q9ot112SSf6lx7 LraQ76zazWo3e5+wasJtaGHyiDZJibcwmL6go= Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 21:02:10 +0400 From: Cyrill Gorcunov To: Stephen Clark Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Automatic config file generator Message-ID: <20081002170210.GB7998@localhost> References: <48E4FC91.5010300@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48E4FC91.5010300@earthlink.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1024 Lines: 32 [Stephen Clark - Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 12:53:37PM -0400] > Hello List, > > Is there a utility that will examine your system and generate a tailored > config file so I don't have to compile a zillion modules. > > Currently when I want to build the latest kernel I take the config file from > my distro, (fedora), but it has every module in the world. So on my > 1.8ghz core 2 duo laptop it takes about 30 min to build a new kernel. > > Thanks, > Steve > -- > > "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, > deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) > > "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty > decreases." (Thomas Jefferson) > > You could be interested by this thread http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/16/290 - Cyrill - -- 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/