Re: kernel autoconfig option?

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 11:02:15AM -0400, Mark Shelby wrote:
>  That's an excellent idea. I am still thinking along the lines of
>  "idiot proof simplicity." It would be nice to have a configure script
>  that scanned your system board, sound card/chip various input ports,
>  etc, and went ahead and preselected those to build when you type
>  "make.
> 
>  If you could combine this with the make "allmodconfig" command in a
>  user friendly interface, I think you'd really be on to something!
>  --as long as it's still configurable after the preselected choices are
>  made.

Check the archives, this comes up every 6 months or so.

Also, you can just use the simple scripts as described in the book,
"Linux Kernel in a Nutshell", free online, to do most of what you are
looking for here (automatic detection of what driver is needed for what
device.)

good luck,

greg k-h