Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

[Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net>]

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On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 17:15 -0600, reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net> writes:
> 
> >> There's a reason for the existence of genkernel - it's so that you don't 
> >> have to go through all this pain and suffering, and can instead remove 
> >> stuff a bit at a time with reasonable confidence it won;t blow up in 
> >> your face :-)
> >> 
> >
> > There is a fairly easy trick to get rid of pointless options like unused
> > drivers even if you are not sure about your hardware or the kernel
> > options themselves: 
> > Compile them as modules, then boot the new kernel. If the modules don't
> > get loaded (lsmod is your friend) and everything works fine, throw them
> > out of your configuration.
> 
> Nice... a small question: how do you keep up with what gets installed?
> Do you ferret them out at /lib/modules with cmds like 
> find . -name '*.ko'
> 
> Or is there a log created at compile time.. or maybe create one like
> make modules_intall >mymod.log.  Just thinking outload.
> 
> Following a `genkernal all' I saw a very big list get installed but didn't
> think to log them.
> 
> I guess it would be harmless to just run the `make modules_intall' part
> again and catch a list.
> 

I think you search for "modprobe -l" :)

Have a nice day!

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