> >It seems that this involves the issue of hardware probing and
> >inventory during the configuration process. Most of the other
> >UNIXes do an auto probe kind of action when rebuilding the kernel.
> >Most of the time the kernel is being built for same-system use, so
> >probing would work most of the time. There would need to be a
> >mechanism for building kernels for other machines. How to do
> >probing? That's the question I guess.
> >
> >Dan
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> >danj@netcom.com
> >
> >Dan Janowski
> >New York, NY
>
> This will be handled by my Plug-and-Play stuff. Trust me, it
> ain't easy or pretty.
>
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Most kernels don't have the source distributed with them, One simple non
kernel way of configuration would be to have an autodetection program
that made/modified your .config for you. This would take the detection
code out of the kernel and speed up the boot processes.
tim...
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