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Hi, |
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On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 05:56:02AM -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> > It would seem that configuring and building a kernel is an activity |
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> > for experienced users, not beginners. ;-( |
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> Not really. It just takes practice. If you never build one, you will |
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> never get the practice. ;-) |
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;-) I've built quite a few in my time as a Gentoo user, and one or two |
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when I was still using Debian. |
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Configuring a kernel is more difficult than the available documentation |
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might lead one to believe. |
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There are many hundreds of options to be considered, a large part of |
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which are "irrelevant" (i.e. the kernel will work regardless of these |
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options). Distinguishing the critical options from the irrelevant ones |
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is difficult. Precisely such an error is what I made. |
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Some options are relatively easy to set, for example, those under |
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"drivers", where you select drivers for all the hardware you've got. But |
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what about sections like "general setup"? Do I really need CONFIG_AUDIT? |
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On reading the help, I shouldn't, but some program (can't remember which) |
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complains if it's not there. What about "Checkpoint/restore support"? |
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About what? Reading the help for each of these mysterious options is |
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_hard work_. |
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Normally, I can get through 'make menuconfig' in about an hour and a |
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half, with the help of a checklist I wrote in June 2011. I can't |
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remember how I managed when I was first installing Gentoo. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |
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