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On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 19:06 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> trial-and-error is probably your best bet. Get it working with a full |
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> genkernel setup. Note which modules get used in real life, start |
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> removing them in batches and make notes when stuff breaks |
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> There's a reason for the existence of genkernel - it's so that you don't |
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> have to go through all this pain and suffering, and can instead remove |
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> stuff a bit at a time with reasonable confidence it won;t blow up in |
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> your face :-) |
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There is a fairly easy trick to get rid of pointless options like unused |
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drivers even if you are not sure about your hardware or the kernel |
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options themselves: |
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Compile them as modules, then boot the new kernel. If the modules don't |
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get loaded (lsmod is your friend) and everything works fine, throw them |
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out of your configuration. |
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