linux-kernel - Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:25:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
cc:	Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
	Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@...ian.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students


On Oct 16 2007 16:23, Rik van Riel wrote:

>> >base function:
>> >Starting from a stock distro (FC, Ubuntu, OpenSuSE...) and put down a
>> >kernel.org tree and automatically create a .config with all the
>> >drivers needed for the platform I'm building on.
>> 
>> Too easy. Since opensuse's udev loads most of the modules for your
>> hardware, all that would be needed is to transform the lsmod list of
>> modules plus the static options in /proc/config.gz (stuff like
>> psmouse) back into kconfig options ;-)
>
>Well, at that point it does not know whether or not you
>occasionally plug in an ipod or a digital camera.

Which is why building an allmod kernel (or what the distros do)
is IMO the better solution.
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