[gentoo-user] Kernel Config Manager

[gentoo-user] Kernel Config Manager

[Trenton Adams]

Hi guys,

Does anyone know of a kernel config manager that manages the kernel
configuration settings that I want?  For instance, I want this network
driver, and that driver, and the other driver.

Want this to be managed outside the standard menu config because it
will make it easier to switch to a new kernel, such as xen-sources, or
vanilla-sources.  I can then keep the default settings of that
particular kernel, and enable all the *extra* stuff that I need.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Config Manager

[Dale]

Trenton Adams wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Does anyone know of a kernel config manager that manages the kernel
> configuration settings that I want?  For instance, I want this network
> driver, and that driver, and the other driver.
>
> Want this to be managed outside the standard menu config because it
> will make it easier to switch to a new kernel, such as xen-sources, or
> vanilla-sources.  I can then keep the default settings of that
> particular kernel, and enable all the *extra* stuff that I need.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.

If you want a GUI type thing, you can try make xconfig instead of make
menuconfig.  Make sure you are in the right directory though. 
/usr/src/linux should work.

Is that what you are looking for?

Dale

:-)  :-)  :-)
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[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel Config Manager

[Harm Geerts]

On Saturday 23 December 2006 02:07, Trenton Adams wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Does anyone know of a kernel config manager that manages the kernel
> configuration settings that I want?  For instance, I want this network
> driver, and that driver, and the other driver.
>
> Want this to be managed outside the standard menu config because it
> will make it easier to switch to a new kernel, such as xen-sources, or
> vanilla-sources.  I can then keep the default settings of that
> particular kernel, and enable all the *extra* stuff that I need.

Are you aware that the kernel settings are stored 
in /usr/src/<kernel-version>/.config ?
You can copy it to your new kernel source.

Or are you actually looking for a manager that does this for you?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Config Manager

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:07:42 -0700, Trenton Adams wrote:

> Want this to be managed outside the standard menu config because it
> will make it easier to switch to a new kernel, such as xen-sources, or
> vanilla-sources.  I can then keep the default settings of that
> particular kernel, and enable all the *extra* stuff that I need.

Copy .config from your old kernel's directory to the new one and run
"make oldconfig".


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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Config Manager

[Daniel Iliev]

Trenton Adams wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Does anyone know of a kernel config manager that manages the kernel
> configuration settings that I want?  For instance, I want this network
> driver, and that driver, and the other driver.
>
> Want this to be managed outside the standard menu config because it
> will make it easier to switch to a new kernel, such as xen-sources, or
> vanilla-sources.  I can then keep the default settings of that
> particular kernel, and enable all the *extra* stuff that I need.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.

Yet another approach:

cd /usr/src/linux/
zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
make oldconfig
make config | menuconfig | xconfig



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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Config Manager

[Dale]

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Daniel Iliev wrote:
>
> Yet another approach:
>
> cd /usr/src/linux/
> zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
> make oldconfig
> make config | menuconfig | xconfig
>
>
>
>   
If he has that enabled in the kernel.  That can be a good thing to have
around though.  Especially if you accidentally erase your old config.

Dale

:-)  :-)  :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Config Manager

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:22:36 +0200, Daniel Iliev wrote:

> make config | menuconfig | xconfig

... | gconfig


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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Config Manager

[Richard Fish]

On 12/23/06, Dale <dalek@exceedtech.net> wrote:
>  If he has that enabled in the kernel.  That can be a good thing to have
> around though.  Especially if you accidentally erase your old config.

It is also very useful for being able to check the configuration of
the kernel you are _actually_ running, vs what you _think_ you are
running! :-)

-Richard
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