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On 08/20/2010 11:44 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: |
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> Am Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:43:40 -0700 |
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> schrieb Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>: |
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>> I find it amazing, though, that even if I copy my old .config, it still |
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>> takes me so much time to make sure all the settings are correct for a |
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>> given machine. Hasn't anyone come up with a handy |
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>> look-through-my-lspci-output-and-create-a-skeleton-kernel-config tool? |
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>> Or does it already exist and we just call him "Pappy"? |
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> Not really what you want, but somebody thought of something similar. Since |
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> Linux 2.6.32 you can do: |
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> make localmodconfig [1]. |
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> That will take the output of lsmod (so you need an already running kernel, |
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> e.g., from a live CD) and remove all unnecessary modules from the existing |
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> kernel .config. |
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> [1]: see http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_32, section 1.8. |
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Thanks, Marc. |
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So, if I boot off the livecd and I have eighty-five sata_ modules and |
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forty-two RAID modules and 2.5 handsful of various scsi/iscsi modules, I |
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should probably "modprobe -r" first, all those that aren't applicable to |
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my given system then run the make? I'll take a look. Thanks again. |
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