Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:06:05 -0600 | | From | Khalid Aziz <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues |
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On 07/13/2012 02:37 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Would something like this make sense to people? I really think that > "How do I generate a kernel config file" is one of those things that > keeps normal people from compiling their own kernel. And we *want* > people to compile their own kernel so that they can help with things > like bisecting etc. The more, the merrier. > This is a great idea. 7-8 years ago I used to be able to create a minimally configured kernel from upstream and run my Debian/Ubuntu/... install with it. It got much harder in a hurry and now it takes too much work to figure out how to configure upstream kernel to make it work with distro. It is a 3-5 hour compile to start with distro config file and that is just too painful. I will help with testing configs or helping sort through the config options.
-- Khalid Aziz khalid.aziz@hp.com
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