[gentoo-user] how to extract driver info from genkernel

[gentoo-user] how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Denis]

Hello,

This will probably sound simplistic to most...  I'm setting up an
older Dell PC, and I used genkernel to get it up and running, but how
do I figure out which drivers I actually need without knowing for sure
which hardware I have in the machine?  Genkernel loads a lot of
drivers, and the kernel takes a very long time to compile - I
understand why, and I'm not complaining about that.  But suppose I now
wanted to set up the X server, and I don't know which graphics driver
I need to choose.  Or, suppose I wanted to compile the kernel myself,
and I don't really know which drivers I *must* select (since I don't
know which chips the machine has).  Does anyone have any tips on this?

Many thanks,
Denis

Re: [gentoo-user] how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Daniel da Veiga]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 13:08, Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This will probably sound simplistic to most...  I'm setting up an
> older Dell PC, and I used genkernel to get it up and running, but how
> do I figure out which drivers I actually need without knowing for sure
> which hardware I have in the machine?  Genkernel loads a lot of
> drivers, and the kernel takes a very long time to compile - I
> understand why, and I'm not complaining about that.  But suppose I now
> wanted to set up the X server, and I don't know which graphics driver
> I need to choose.  Or, suppose I wanted to compile the kernel myself,
> and I don't really know which drivers I *must* select (since I don't
> know which chips the machine has).  Does anyone have any tips on this?
>

You can use the "lspci" command, its in the pciutils package (if I'm
not mistaken) to get your system hardware information.
If you use it with the "-v" flag it will tell you the driver the
kernel is using for it.

-- 
Daniel da Veiga

Re: [gentoo-user] how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Denis]

> You can use the "lspci" command, its in the pciutils package (if I'm
> not mistaken) to get your system hardware information.

Just like magic :-)  Thank you so much!

Denis

[gentoo-user] Re: how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Harry Putnam]

Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> writes:

>> You can use the "lspci" command, its in the pciutils package (if I'm
>> not mistaken) to get your system hardware information.
>
> Just like magic :-)  Thank you so much!

If you liked lspci you will really like lspci -v.
Pointed out to me recently here:

  From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
  Subject: Re: Re: kernel config hell
  Message-ID: <4956DFA4.5050801@gmail.com>

The last thing in each listing is the actual name of the kernel module.
(if required)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Dale]

Harry Putnam wrote:
> Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>>> You can use the "lspci" command, its in the pciutils package (if I'm
>>> not mistaken) to get your system hardware information.
>>>       
>> Just like magic :-)  Thank you so much!
>>     
>
> If you liked lspci you will really like lspci -v.
> Pointed out to me recently here:
>
>   From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
>   Subject: Re: Re: kernel config hell
>   Message-ID: <4956DFA4.5050801@gmail.com>
>
> The last thing in each listing is the actual name of the kernel module.
> (if required)
>
>
>
>
>   

Yea, if that module don't work, you know what to kick to the curb and
then try something else.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Joshua Murphy]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> You can use the "lspci" command, its in the pciutils package (if I'm
>>> not mistaken) to get your system hardware information.
>>
>> Just like magic :-)  Thank you so much!
>
> If you liked lspci you will really like lspci -v.
> Pointed out to me recently here:
>
>  From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
>  Subject: Re: Re: kernel config hell
>  Message-ID: <4956DFA4.5050801@gmail.com>
>
> The last thing in each listing is the actual name of the kernel module.
> (if required)

And for the drivers list only --> lspci -k
Cuts out all the extras that you're very unlikely to need :D

-- 
Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Dale]

Joshua Murphy wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>   
>> Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>     
>>>> You can use the "lspci" command, its in the pciutils package (if I'm
>>>> not mistaken) to get your system hardware information.
>>>>         
>>> Just like magic :-)  Thank you so much!
>>>       
>> If you liked lspci you will really like lspci -v.
>> Pointed out to me recently here:
>>
>>  From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
>>  Subject: Re: Re: kernel config hell
>>  Message-ID: <4956DFA4.5050801@gmail.com>
>>
>> The last thing in each listing is the actual name of the kernel module.
>> (if required)
>>     
>
> And for the drivers list only --> lspci -k
> Cuts out all the extras that you're very unlikely to need :D
>
>   

You the man!  Very nice information there.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Denis]

>> And for the drivers list only --> lspci -k
>> Cuts out all the extras that you're very unlikely to need :D
>>
>>
>
> You the man!  Very nice information there.
>
> Dale
>

you mean...  as in "man lspci"?  ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to extract driver info from genkernel

[Dale]

Denis wrote:
>>> And for the drivers list only --> lspci -k
>>> Cuts out all the extras that you're very unlikely to need :D
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> You the man!  Very nice information there.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>>     
>
> you mean...  as in "man lspci"?  ;-)
>
>
>   

Yea, that too!  LOL

Dale

:-)  :-)