On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Jon Pennington wrote: jp> I was sitting here at home, compiling a new kernel for my machine jp> (2.3.48), and I thought to myself, "Jon, there's got to be a better way to jp> do this than `make menuconfig' or `make xconfig'. The kernel source tree jp> is a great thing, also a very *large* thing, and difficult to manage. jp> jp> I was just wondering if it would be possible to use something like the jp> hwdetect utility to recommend a `safe' and an `aggressive' kernel jp> configuration. `safe' would be no non-experimental code, and `aggressive' jp> would have experimental options turned on, like support for the ALi and jp> VIA Super-7 chipsets and USB/IEEE1394 options. jp> jp> The stock SuSE kernels are great, but a hobbiest like myself still wants jp> to play with things, but may still not have the foggiest idea what jp> VIA82CXXX support is for. That's where hwdetect (or the like) would come jp> in handy; find the VIA82CXXX chipset on the motherboard, correlate it with jp> a .config option, and offer it to the user. It's just a thought, but I jp> figured that somebody might think the same thing ;). jp> jp> What do *you* think? Is it worth slapping together? jp> You know, this sounds like an absolutely great project, I wouldn't mind getting involved with something like this myself. jp> -=|JP|=- jp> Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jp> jpennington@atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com /\\ jp> Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 x121 _\_V jp> jp> jp> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 The Killer Ducks are coming!!! -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/