Re: Automatic Configuration of a Kernel

From: Enrico Weigelt (weigelt_at_metux.de)
Date: 09/16/05

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    * Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:

    <snip>
    > > It's for new linux users? They should use distributions kernels.
    > > It's for "power users"? They just do make menuconfig...
    > > It's for kernel developers? They just do vi .config.
    >
    > Actually its "emacs .config" :-). But tool to help would be nice. For
    > development, minimum config is nice (compiles fast), and creating
    > config from scratch is quite painfull.

    Yeah, I'd like to see it.

    I often have to set of machines with very different hardware.
    Of course such a autoconfig system cannot be perfect, but it can
    be a great help for getting at least sub-optimal values and later
    let the user do fine-tuning.

    cu

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