Re: board-specific kernel .config files?

"rafe" <rafeb AT speakeasy DOT net> writes:
I can pick up any number of kernel source trees for my Beagleboard
from all sorts of places, either git repositories or as tarballs.
(FWIW, Beagleboard is a low-cost ARM OMAP3 hardware platform, kind of
an eval board.)

My question is: For such hardware-specific kernels, is it reasonable
or logical to expect that these .config files will already be set with
the most appropriate options?

It's reasonable to expect that. However, some of the time it seems it's
reasonable to expect the kernel to fail to even compile with those
settings. (Certainly true of the later 2.6.XX tags.)

Is there some sort of custom or tradition here, or no? Will I still
need to "make xconfig" an puzzle through the options?

A strong tradition: cross fingers as you cross compile.

Phil
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Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity
-- Dennis Ritchie (1941-2011), Unix Co-Creator
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