Thanks for all the answers, In essence i want to keep the kernel small so that it boots up as fast as possible.
Plus the hardware is a 75mhz laptop with very little ram, i want to save as much ram as i can for other programs, hence the need for a small kernel. As far as modules are concerned, i was under the impression that the kernel + modules would be bigger (size wise) then having everything together in one. Do using (or not using) modules make a difference to the total size when loaded into ram? On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 16:21, Martin Thei� wrote: > Hi ognjen Bezanov, *, > > ognjen Bezanov wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I want to find a way to find out what things i need to enable for my > > laptop to function. > > > > I want to compile a kernel which only has support for the hardware im > > using and no module support > > > Why no modules? Modules only have a slight overhead, when loading. After > this they perform like built-in modules. > > > Is there any command which will let me view all the hardware on my pc > > and what respective setting i need on my .config file? > > > lshw is a good tool to find out, what is in your laptop. also you should > consider using lspci. both together should give you a really good overview. > the only problem is to "translate" these infos into a .config. i don't know > of any tool which is capabale of doing this job. > the best way to do, what you want is running the distclean target of the > kernel and starting with the allnoconfig target. from this startingpoint you > can enable the different settings via menuconfig or similar. > > > I want to make the kernel as small as possible > > > Remember, size only matters at boot time (maybe 3-5% faster startup) or when > you really don't have much ram available. > > Kind regards > Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
