Tue Aug 5 20:21:46 EDT 2003

I’m very very confused right now..

the kernel is not compiled during the install. the whole point of redhat
is that essentially _everything_ possible is compiled as modules.
other minimal stuff is then compiled into the kernel, and the remaining
stuff is neither a module or compiled in (ntfs for example). this is all
done ahead of time (in the redhat labs)..

the install program only chooses what modules to _load_. that’s the
supposed beauty of both redhat and a true modular OS,
compile everything as a module and then load it as-needed. 

this is why you want to use the .config from the redhat kernel-source
package.
There is only a handful of unique .config files with redhat. one for
each architecture type, and then for dual or single cpu’s.
cause the last thing you want to do is remove modules that redhat is
expecting..

make sense?

-Mark

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To: nflug at nflug.org
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Yes, I know all that but it does not create a .config file based on that
and I am looking for a way to do it
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 19:29, Ron wrote: 
logical but incomplete, sorry, of course the install program would have
made 
changes based on it's probing of the hardware and user input

On August 5, 2003 06:58 pm, Cyber Source wrote:
> that would be a logical thought but it appears not to be that way
>
> On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 18:49, Ron wrote:
> > Would the kernel not be compiled during the install from the same
.config
> > file that is included in the kernel source package with the result
that
> > it is based on what is already there?
> >
> > --
> > Ron
> > ronb at cogeco.ca
> >
> > On August 5, 2003 06:15 pm, Cyber Source wrote:
> > > what would be the use in that? I know they have to start somewhere
but
> > > I can't see a use to have the default settings after the fact. So
is
> > > there no way to at  least create a .config file based on what is
> > > already in the system from the install?
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:43, Mark Musone wrote:
> > > > Not in the case of for example redhat, when you install the
> > > > kernel-source package, it has the .config file that came with
that
> > > > standard kernel
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > that way if you need to recompile the kernel sources, you don’t
have
> > > > to go about guessing what redhat has for the default settings..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [HYPERLINK
"mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org"mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf
> > > > Of Cyber Source
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:20 PM
> > > > To: nflug at nflug.org
> > > > Subject: Re: Re:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Also, thanks to Kevin Glosser for the really nice post on kernel
> > > > compiling. I was able to do a couple but as you said, you will
> > > > probably not get it right the first time or so and I didnt, lol.
What
> > > > I would like to do is know how to take what you have from the
install
> > > > and manipulate that, instead of compiling from scratch. I know
you
> > > > put about moving the .config file but that doesnt seem to exist
UNTIL
> > > > you do the choices for compile, i.e. make xconfig.
> > > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 16:52, Cyber Source wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Put a vote for that in for me too!
> > > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 11:55, Riga, Anthony wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Will there be any meetings this weekend?   I would be intrested
in
> > > > learning kernel compiles....
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
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