From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S938420AbXG0XEj (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:04:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937623AbXG0XEc (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:04:32 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.234]:35536 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S937513AbXG0XEc (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:04:32 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SJqrbzbcJo4p7f5KjbDhcCOk0wNYjyS8+1lRNpKgh8krW7uM237P1cgvEQI0PWjWU5bn3FanUp6Qohu42QsuLayZxdzq51XMD1b1MPAHCGp5b2URk1kx40+bOxt/crzg5uC8guauBI5x5Ofwf7hYet5AdX+XeV+FoF2KHS+X5/c= Message-ID: <9a8748490707271604x45ad26e2te8082b5f64504ad2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:04:30 +0200 From: "Jesper Juhl" To: shacky Subject: Re: Kernel modules compilation Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <7fedbc910707271552x71010f82o8455c17b21f80eab@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7fedbc910707271211v2ac2c927k3dd8fec8643ee250@mail.gmail.com> <9a8748490707271303h7f5187ffk31d211c34fd885bf@mail.gmail.com> <7fedbc910707271438t183bab6bxe295f161a5ec0fba@mail.gmail.com> <9a8748490707271542s13862269h79f85d4171233f47@mail.gmail.com> <7fedbc910707271552x71010f82o8455c17b21f80eab@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 28/07/07, shacky wrote: > > Symbol: USB [=y] > > Prompt: Support for Host-side USB > > Defined at drivers/usb/Kconfig:51 > > Depends on: USB_SUPPORT && USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD > > Location: > > -> Device Drivers > > -> USB support (USB_SUPPORT [=y]) > > Could you tell me how you found them, please? > Some of them I just knew from past experiences where to find, some of them are logical (like, obviously 'reiserfs' is found in the Filesystems submenu), some I searched for using "/" and a few I googled. > > Hint: In menuconfig, type "/" to search. > > Thank you very much! > You're welcome. By the way; if you had taken the time to read the text at the top of the menuconfig interface you'd have known this already - "... Press to exit, for Help, for Search." > > Not really. Your distribution could be loading a ton of modules that > > you don't really need. 'lsmod' will just show you what is currently > > loaded, but that that doesn't necessarily mean that all those modules > > are really needed. > > Ok, how I can know what modules are needed and what not? Only knowing > the hardware of my system? > If you know the hardware of the system, the filesystems you use etc etc, then it should be possible to deduce what modules you need... Read the help text for each config option related to your modules and think about whether or not you need it... > Another question please, what the symbol "---" near a kernel > configuration entry in menuconfig means? This entry is activated (with > * or M) or not? > It means that the option was automagically selected by some other option you selected, so you can't disable it unless you first disable that other option that selected it. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html