[NTLUG:Discuss] kernel compilation query

[Chris Cox]

One thing I like about SuSE 2.4.4 kernel implementation is that
they included the proc/config.z (under File Systems in menuconfig)
to build your .config for the current kernel into the kernel
itself... it's gzipped and can be found at /proc/config.gz
(smart move IMHO).


George Lass wrote:

> I too always run the menuconfig step.  But to keep from having
> to re-check all of the entries I simply choose the load option at
> the bottom of the page to pick up from where I left off the last 
> time.  Of course that means I had to use the save option on my
> previous build.  Also don't forget to do the the second save when
> exit the menue or else you won't get the build you expected.
> 
> George
> 
> Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> 
>>I always use make menuconfig and go through all of the options.
>>Thay way you can see what's new. Once you do it 30 - 50 times,
>>you'll have it memorized and can do it in your sleep. ;)
>>
>>you can generally take the defaults. Sections like amateur radio
>>and ISDN can usually be skipped altogehter.
>>
>>jack
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Pace, Jonathan" <JPace at belo.com>
>>To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:06 PM
>>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] kernel compilation query
>>
>>
>>>long time listener, first time caller....
>>>
>>>
>>>so when you install new kernel sources from redhat produced rpms, there's
>>>
>>a
>>
>>>/usr/src/linux*/configs directory that has some predifined template-type
>>>deals that can be used as your starting /usr/src/linux*/.config file that
>>>i've found helpful, but i recently downloaded a tar.gz from kernel.org as
>>>
>>i
>>
>>>need to go to a later version than is distributed via rpm and found no
>>>
>>such
>>
>>>directory in the tarball, therefore i have no such starting templates,
>>>making the 'make menuconfig' step require a little more attention.  is
>>>
>>this
>>
>>>a non-standard type thing that redhat includes in the packages that i
>>>
>>should
>>
>>>just consider a crutch and get over, or should i get my tarball from
>>>somewhere else (thought kernel.org was the definitive place).
>>>
>>>jwp
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