On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Andre Prendel wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 11:51:07AM +0800, Wu Yu wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'd like to compile a kernel exactly for my laptop. How could I > > get the detailed information about the hardware of my laptop? So I > > could exclude all the modules that aren't necessary for me. Is "lspci" > > and "hardinfo" enough for this? > > Thanks! > Hi, > > take a look at the "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" Book from Greg > Kroah-Hartman. You can download it for free at http://www.kroah.com/lkn/. there's a potentially simpler solution -- just configure your kernel so that almost everything is compiled as a module, install and reboot. one would think that the only modules that will be loaded are the ones that are actually essential for your hardware. and there's your list. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
