Re: [gentoo-user] Re: decrapify your kernel config WAS: ps shows pegasus process running - what is it?

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 8 Nov 2009, at 22:20, Dale wrote:
> ...
> You seem to think it takes a rocket scientist to build a kernel, it
> doesn't.  You just have to know what hardware you have and then enable
> the features you need.  ... You can config a kernel in less than five
> minutes most likely then compile and you are done.

Thus we get 30-post long threads titled "kernel build - back in the  
soup".

Sure, I might on this occasion prefer that this pegasus driver wasn't  
compiled statically into the kernel, but only because it _confused_ me  
(nothing more). Far more frequently I want to install Linux on a new  
box or plug in a new piece of hardware and not have to worry about  
what driver it uses - I just want the module to be there and to auto- 
load.

Any time I spend messing with obscure kernel config options is time I  
could be spending reading a good book, instead [1].
Sorry, spending time configuring my kernel loses, as does this thread.

Stroller.





[1] Feel free to spend with your kids, lying on a beach, skiing, or  
whatever, as alternatives.