<div dir="ltr">Sorry, my email client somewhat broke...<br><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 January 2013 21:22, Leonid V. Fedorenchik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leonidsbox@gmail.com" target="_blank">leonidsbox@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:47:08 +0530<br>
Shraddha Kamat <<a href="mailto:sh2008ka@gmail.com">sh2008ka@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
</div><div class="im">> I normally do the kernel configuration on my machine like this -<br>
><br>
> * copy the distro configuration file to the kernel dir<br>
> * make menuconfig (answer Y's/N's/M's) Normally keep return key<br>
> pressed for default answers<br>
> * then do the actual kernel compilation<br>
><br>
><br>
> Now, I know that this is not a clean way to do the kernel compilation<br>
> (although it has worked for me for thousands of times that I have<br>
> compiled and successfully booted up with the kernel - without any<br>
> issues<br>
> - whatsoever !)<br>
><br>
> But this time , I am bent upon coming up with a configuration<br>
> specifically targeted to my machine. What is the best way to do this ?<br>
><br>
<br>
</div><div class="im">Although I am not professional in this, I would suggest to read Linux<br>
</div>Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman which is available online<br>
at <a href="http://www.kroah.com/lkn/" target="_blank">http://www.kroah.com/lkn/</a> . Specifically, Chapter 8 provides good<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb">details about custom configurations.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps.<br>
<br>
><br>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> Also, while creating a initrd image<br>
><br>
> # mkinitrd /boot/initramfs.img 3.8.0-rc3+ -f<br>
> ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ipt_MASQUERADE<br>
> ERROR: modinfo: could not find module iptable_nat<br>
> ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nf_nat<br>
> ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi<br>
> ERROR: modinfo: could not find module joydev<br>
><br>
> I got the above errors - I know how to resolve these errors , but want<br>
> to understand why in the first place mkinitrd should complain in the<br>
> first place ??<br>
><br>
> Thanks list for help for all these years.<br>
><br>
> -- Shraddha<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Leonid V. Fedorenchik<br>
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