On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 01:23:03PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > ;-) I've built quite a few in my time as a Gentoo user, and one or two > when I was still using Debian. > > Configuring a kernel is more difficult than the available documentation > might lead one to believe. > > There are many hundreds of options to be considered, a large part of > which are "irrelevant" (i.e. the kernel will work regardless of these > options). Distinguishing the critical options from the irrelevant ones > is difficult. Precisely such an error is what I made. > > Some options are relatively easy to set, for example, those under > "drivers", where you select drivers for all the hardware you've got. But > what about sections like "general setup"? Do I really need CONFIG_AUDIT? > On reading the help, I shouldn't, but some program (can't remember which) > complains if it's not there. What about "Checkpoint/restore support"? > About what? Reading the help for each of these mysterious options is > _hard work_. > > Normally, I can get through 'make menuconfig' in about an hour and a > half, with the help of a checklist I wrote in June 2011. I can't > remember how I managed when I was first installing Gentoo. > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
emerge -av app-doc/linux-kernel-in-a-nutshell Also available online http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ It's a bit dated, but the most comprehensive read IMO. Then there's the kernel source, esp. /usr/src/linux/Documentation -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
