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I must have missed it too. I installed reading the text file docs, and the |
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Experimental section just didn't jump out, I suppose. Perhaps, since |
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gentoo uses a custom kernel anyway, a default .config file could also be |
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installed that would build a kernel with the minimum options already |
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selected? |
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While I agree that I should have caught this the first time too, why not |
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make things a little more convenient, esp. if certain options are |
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required? |
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> Well, it's in yellow if you're reading it online. I |
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> printed it out all in b&w, so... |
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> |
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> I see it now. I don't think it needs any more detail |
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> per se, but maybe you could describe it using words |
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> specific to menuconfig - for example: |
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> |
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> 'In order for you to see some of the options you'll |
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> need to compile into your kernel, the first thing |
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> you'll need to do in menuconfig is go to the "code |
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> level maturity" section and enable the option <exact |
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> name of option here>' |
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> |
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> Something like that should probably appear before you |
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> even mention what they need to enable. |
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> |
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> :) |
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> |
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> Just a suggestion. Bottom line is it was a dumb |
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> mistake on my part, but I don't think I would've made |
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> it if that was in there. |
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> |
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> PS - overall, the docs here are wonderful. |
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> /njcajun |
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> --- Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 11:04, Brent Cook wrote: |
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> > > I had this same problem at first. The devfs option |
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> > does not appear unless |
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> > > you have selected "Prompt for development and/or |
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> > incomplete code/drivers" |
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> > > under the Code maturity level options menu. |
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> > Perhaps this should be |
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> > > mentioned somewhere in the docs? |
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> > |
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> > It is mentioned in the docs, and is highlighted in |
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> > yellow. We could go |
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> > into more detail, though. |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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