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From: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Peeve - finding kernel config options
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:41:06
Message-Id: 20140227144033.93efb464e6bcb9fa355c957d@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Peeve - finding kernel config options by Alan McKinnon
1 Hi,
2
3 On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:04:01 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote:
4 > >> # eselect news read 10
5 > >> 2014-02-25-udev-upgrade
6 > >> Title Upgrade to >=sys-fs/udev-210
7 > >> Author Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
8 > >> Posted 2014-02-25
9 > >> Revision 1
10 > >>
11 > >> The options CONFIG_FHANDLE and CONFIG_NET are now required in the kernel.
12 > >
13 > > Whenever kernel config options are provided like this, it would be nice
14 > > if time was taken to provide the path to where they are found.
15 >
16 >
17 > make menuconfig
18 > press "/"
19 > type CONFIG_FHANDLE
20 > press enter
21 > profit!!!
22
23 Typing just FHANDLE is sufficient. CONFIG_ prefixes are allowed, but
24 not needed at all for menuconfig search functionality.
25
26 Best regards,
27 Andrew Savchenko