On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 09:04:30AM +0530, onnm wrote: > I am trying to write a script which will enable (update) Kernel to be > automatically configured based on following things : > > (1) active modules in /proc/modules > (2) output of lspci > > where else can I see to get a very minimal kernel image which will be > required to run on a given machine ( obviously , running all devices which > were previously working !!) That's pretty simple, boot a distro kernel, take the installed modules, and then only configure them in. > I thought Kernel configuration is a daunting task > kernels which are configured for various distros (for instance Debian ! ) > are not optimally configured for a specific machine (hence, make oldconfig > does not necessarily give optimal image !) > > Automatically configured kernel would be a great Idea and save lot of time It would, that's why other people have done this before, you might want to research some of that first :) good luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
