On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 19:06 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > trial-and-error is probably your best bet. Get it working with a full > genkernel setup. Note which modules get used in real life, start > removing them in batches and make notes when stuff breaks > > There's a reason for the existence of genkernel - it's so that you don't > have to go through all this pain and suffering, and can instead remove > stuff a bit at a time with reasonable confidence it won;t blow up in > your face :-) >
There is a fairly easy trick to get rid of pointless options like unused drivers even if you are not sure about your hardware or the kernel options themselves: Compile them as modules, then boot the new kernel. If the modules don't get loaded (lsmod is your friend) and everything works fine, throw them out of your configuration.
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