Re: Kernel modules compilation

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To: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 - 6:52 pm

Ok, how I can know what modules are needed and what not? Only knowing
the hardware of my system?

Another question please, what the symbol "---" near a kernel
configuration entry in menuconfig means? This entry is activated (with
* or M) or not?
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To: shacky <shacky83@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 - 7:04 pm

Some of them I just knew from past experiences where to find, some of
them are logical (like, obviously 'reiserfs' is found in the
Filesystems submenu), some I searched for using "/" and a few I
You're welcome. By the way; if you had taken the time to read the
text at the top of the menuconfig interface you'd have known this
already - "... Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for Help, </> for
If you know the hardware of the system, the filesystems you use etc
etc, then it should be possible to deduce what modules you need...
Read the help text for each config option related to your modules and
It means that the option was automagically selected by some other
option you selected, so you can't disable it unless you first disable
that other option that selected it.

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To: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 - 7:40 pm

Thank you very much for your help!
Tomorrow I will try! :-)
Bye!
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