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2009/2/16 Guillermo Garron <guillermo.fedora@×××××.com> |
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> Hi, |
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> I am new to Gentoo, and yes I am also new to compiling kernels. |
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I recently got in to configuring my own kernel (I'm not sure if you're at |
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this level or using other people's .config files); it's a bit lazy and maybe |
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risky not to configure it yourself, but you have to start somewhere. |
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In any case, the two things I found most helpful are kccmp and |
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http://cateee.net. The first is a program to compare two kernel |
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configurations, and tell you the differences between them, and so on, |
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displayed in a nice table in X; you can find it in the portage tree. Before |
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I found that, I was literally like comparing the files by hand on print outs |
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and stuff...what a nightmare. The other is a Debian developer's site, but |
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there is a large part on kernel configuration (specifically at |
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http://cateee.net/lkddb/). I didn't actually find a really easy way to |
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search the site besides doing a google site-limited query (CONFIG_BLAH_BLAH |
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site:cateee.net), but once you get to a config page, at the bottom there is |
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also a google bar with a radio button for just searching that site. There |
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could be better places to look for kernel configuration options, but that's |
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what I was using, and obviously, if you want to configure your kernel, you |
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should have a place to look up the options, and that database has a basic |
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description of most (but not all) configurations at least for up to 2.6.26 |
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(maybe later, but that's what I'm using right now). Maybe other people can |
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point to other resources? |
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Also, you should avoid using oldconfig except for really minor kernel |
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upgrades. I know this is mentioned in documentation elsewhere, but just a |
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useful reminder. |
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~daid |