[Click] Is there a good "dumb-moron" guide to kernel mode?

[Eddie Kohler]

The easiest thing to do is to take the working .config and copy it.

Compiling linux with that config generally takes forever and a day 
because of the number of modules compiled.

How to find the config?  /lib/modules/VERSION/build/........  Poke 
around there.  Also you can install kernel source RPMs.  Perhaps someone 
else has more detailed advice, my memory is faulty.

Eddie


Nicholas Weaver wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 09:02:06AM -0800, Eddie Kohler composed:
>> In my experience the hard part is finding the config that works.  After 
>> that you're home free.  Before that I generally want to cry.  What type 
>> of wedge are you seeing?  I generally use Red Hat/Fedora based distros.
> 
> Question: would the broadcom on-board NIC cause things to screw up as
> well?  EG, should I just disable it and only have the Intel NICs?
> 
> Was Fedora Core latest, but using a vanilla kernel.  2.6.16.13 built with
> click.
> 
> I think I may have screwed up something very low level early, because
> its failing by "unable to fine device-mapper major/minor"
> 
> 
> (I haven't done much kernel building etc).
> 
> What configuration etc have you used succesfully?  I can nuke and
> reinstall this machine however I want.
>