Ah - a11y sort of like i18n and l10n (at least in how to read it.) I
just found a web page calling it a numeronym.
After all your reading, I would still suggest thinking carefully about
your goal. The link Peter sent has a good summary of all the "make Xc
onfig" options, and I agree with him that "make localmodconfig" sounds
like what you want. Extra "Y" or "M" in your config might save you
from recompiling the kernel again later, but it makes your kernel
larger, and take longer to compile and load, although how much those
delays bother you is very personal.
Jack
On 2022.04.06 17:16, Jude DaShiell wrote:
#a11y is an accessibility hash tag you may run across on the internet.
That covers assistive technologies like screen readers; refreshable
braille displays, magnifiers, and similar other technologies I've been
fortunate to have never needed to use for work on technology.
The information you provided I think will help my next gentoo install
go
better in the kernel build phase thanks.
On Wed, 6 Apr 2022, Jack wrote:
> On 2022.04.06 14:51, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> >I'm curious, with a system about to build a kernel does a command
or
> >command switch exist to tell the kernel build process to build the
kernel
> >in such a way that all hardware now enabled gets enabled in the
build of
> >the kernel?
> Which pieces get built into the kernel (or as loadable modules) is
controlled
> by .config. To get the new kernel to include all the
drivers/modules enabled
> in the current kernel, you can "zcat /proc/config.gz > .config" in
the new
> /usr/src/linux. (That does assume the running kernel is built with
the
> parameters to create /proc/config.gz.) Then run "make oldconfig"
(or one of
> it's variants) to include new lines to .config. To see (a subset)
of those
> modules are actually used by existing hardware, do "lspci -k". I
don't know
> of any script to automatically parse that output, although I
wouldn't be
> surprised if there was one (or more.) Note hat probably won't
include modules
> used for usb devices, just the usb hubs. Currently loaded modules
can be
> listed with lsmod, but that doesn't include anything built in.
>
> Is a11y a typo, or just something I don't understand? If you mean
to say (all
> Y) Y to all kernel config questions, I believe there is a make
option for the
> kernel which will do that - but I'd have to read the docs for the
details.
> Also, while that's of use for a distro kernel (where you have no
idea what
> will be in PCs where it gets used) it will add lots of stuff to the
kernel
> that you are unlikely to ever use. What is your actual goal?
>
> Jack
>
>
