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Message-ID: <20070712185645.GA23576@kroah.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:56:45 -0700 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: Mark Shelby <mshelby1@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel autoconfig option? A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:33:18PM -0400, Mark Shelby wrote: > Thanks, greg... Just wondering... If this topic comes up every 6 > months or so -seems like there is a "need" for this sort of thing. > Wonder why it has not been implemented yet? Especially if as you say > the system calls are out there already to do it -when you know the > right commands to type in. Numerous projects have been started to try to implement this, go dig around, they might still exist. > Just curious... In my never ending quest to make Linux accessible to the > masses > :-) It turns out that the masses never build their own kernels, nor do they need to. The act of building kernels is quite rare for the majority of Linux users, and rightly so. Hopefully the book I pointed you at will help explain how to do this properly for anyone who wishes to do this task (it's not a simple single-step process at all.) good luck, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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