Sorry, my email client somewhat broke... On 16 January 2013 21:22, Leonid V. Fedorenchik <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:47:08 +0530 > Shraddha Kamat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I normally do the kernel configuration on my machine like this - > > > > * copy the distro configuration file to the kernel dir > > * make menuconfig (answer Y's/N's/M's) Normally keep return key > > pressed for default answers > > * then do the actual kernel compilation > > > > > > Now, I know that this is not a clean way to do the kernel compilation > > (although it has worked for me for thousands of times that I have > > compiled and successfully booted up with the kernel - without any > > issues > > - whatsoever !) > > > > But this time , I am bent upon coming up with a configuration > > specifically targeted to my machine. What is the best way to do this ? > > > > Although I am not professional in this, I would suggest to read Linux > Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman which is available online > at http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ . Specifically, Chapter 8 provides good > details about custom configurations. > > Hope this helps. > > > > > Also, while creating a initrd image > > > > # mkinitrd /boot/initramfs.img 3.8.0-rc3+ -f > > ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ipt_MASQUERADE > > ERROR: modinfo: could not find module iptable_nat > > ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nf_nat > > ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi > > ERROR: modinfo: could not find module joydev > > > > I got the above errors - I know how to resolve these errors , but want > > to understand why in the first place mkinitrd should complain in the > > first place ?? > > > > Thanks list for help for all these years. > > > > -- Shraddha > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kernelnewbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > Leonid V. Fedorenchik >
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