Re: Automatic Configuration of a Kernel
From: Enrico Weigelt (weigelt_at_metux.de)
Date: 09/16/05
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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:50:19 +0200 To: linux kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
* Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
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> > 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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