Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > In the BLFS book's Xorg Drivers section ( > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/x7driver.html ) Xorg > Evdev Driver-2.7.3, it says: > > ######## Kernel Configuration > > Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and > recompile the kernel if necessary: ######## > > How do I know if recompiling the kernel is necessary? > > I've read quite a bit of the LFS kernel documentation but haven't > found a clear discussion of what specific things require kernel > recompilation. Can you anyone point out such information?
In LFS, we suggest you keep a copy of the config file used for building the kernel. In that file you can see which options were enabled (or not). There are hundreds of options in the kernel. I know of no comprehensive discussion of what is needed. We mention certain options when we are aware of the need, but for the most part you need to customize the kernel according to what hardware you have. It's probably best to start with a known running system's kernel and adjust from there. It can be a trial and error proposition. You can read the documentation in the kernel's Documentation tree or http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/kernel-configuration.txt as starters. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
