linux-kernel - kernel autoconfig option?

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:18:55 -0400
From:	"Mark Shelby" <mshelby1@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: kernel autoconfig option?

I have used Linux for about 9+ years. I have built several kernels.
The install process has gotten quite a bit better. The config menus are great!

I just downloaded and am setting up the 2.6.22 kernel.

I joined this list to ask a specific question:

Would it be possible to design a program to scan your existing system
hardware and pre-select your onboard hardware options within the
kernel config menus?

I am building this particular kernel on a laptop and am not likely to
be adding new hardware anytime soon! The only flaw I can find is in
add-on peripherals. I guess you'd want some way for the kernel to
anticipate & build in "useability" for common hardware plugins.

Am I just crazy, or wouldn't this idea mke a lot of sense? Wouldn't it
pretty much make the kernel "idiot proof" when installing from source?
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