Somehow over the weekend I was able to get a module sound driver to work
with the stock kernel provided with SuSE 5.2. What I would like to do
now is recomplile the kernel with modules but excluding request of alot
module devices I know I will never use. In thinking over this I've come
up with several concerns:
1) The original SuSE 5.2 kernel must have been configured with some
.configure file in /usr/src/linux. I cannot seem to locate it. Does
anyone know where it is located. I'd like to see what it looks like
and use it as a basis of making my own kernel.
2) I want to keep the ability to load the present kernel which uses a
certian set of modules, located in /lib/modules(?). How can I identify
a new kernel with different module requirements in /lib/...? How do you
tell the system to boot with kernelA using modulesA and boot with kernelB
using modulesB. Is this possible?
3) I know that /etc/conf.modules contains arguments for the various
modules. Can a single /etc/conf.modules be used with two kernels each
requiring a different set of modules?
Thanks,
Terry
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Terry Eck