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

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:10:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
	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 Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

> 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.

if all you want is a config that will work you are right.

however if you want a good base for an optimized, minimal kernel it's not 
much help (other then possibly as a stepping stone to then examine all the 
modules that were loaded and document which ones are needed)

David Lang
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