linux-kernel - Re: [opensuse-kernel] Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues

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Message-ID: <20120714103716.GD26559@liondog.tnic>
Date:	Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:37:17 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
Cc:	"Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com>,
	Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>,
	OpenSUSE Kernel Team <opensuse-kernel@...nsuse.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [opensuse-kernel] Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for
 distro issues

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:41:21PM +0200, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Myklebust, Trond
> <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> wrote:
> > We could at least make selection of a minimal set of drivers for the
> > more common virtualised platforms a lot easier.
> > Right now, you need to hunt through 30+ different menus in order to find
> > what you need to run in a basic KVM virtual machine...
> 
> Yes, every time I build a kernel to be used on KVM I forget something. :-\
> 
> We could introduce a section in Kconfig which contains selections for
> common use cases.
> E.g. as Linus requested for minimal distro requirements but also
> selections for various common
> guest configurations.

+1.

Same experience with building a kvm kernel so I couldn't agree more.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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