Re: [Sheflug] SuSE 7.2 kernel source

[matt fairtlough <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barrie Bremner wrote:


> In "code maturity level options" select "prompt for development and/or
> incomplete code or drivers".
> 
> You'll then have a whole load of extra things to mess with :-)

thanks a lot, so I did...:-)


> Don't select the option "have ReiserFS have extra checking" or
> whatever it is - there is no point except for debugging.

ok, thanks.

I had several "greyed out" problems (it would be nice to have access to 
an explanation of why options are greyed out).
It is definitely bugged.  I saved a configuration, then loaded it again. 
Earlier options were undone. Anyone else found bugs in xconfig to do 
with saving and loading configurations?

Does the following look half-way sensible?

Summary of what I've chosen for the kernel so far:
-------------------------------------------------
[I've enabled quite a lot of modules in addition and hope that it won't 
cause conflicts as modules won't be loaded without matching h/w]

Loadable module support -> Kernel module loader (replaces kerneld I'm 
told...hmm.)

None of the options in Processor type and features except High memory 
support enabled.

I've an Abit KA7 board, which is apparently PCI as well as UDMA so
General setup -> PCI support is Y  (required for config of some IDE 					    devices)
		 Also EISE support is Y

I've put in power management support and advanced power management BIOS 
support.  This seems to work in my system.

No support for binary emulation of other systems.
No MTD support.
Parallel port support / PC-style hardware; nothing else in this 
category, not even IEEE 1284 transfer modes.

Plug and Play support -> Y & ISA PnP as module (not sure about this one: 
I only use PCI slots now and doubt I'll use the ISA slot ever)

Block devices -> Normal PC floppy disk but no XT or paride support.
		 Loopback device support and RAM disk support as 			 a module (is this a good 
idea?  thought it might help 			 in an emergency)
why is support for an initial RAM disk greyed out?  Certainly I've had 
problems with initrd and currently disable it...

No multi-device support.

Networking options (oh dear!)
This is more-or-less guesswork on my part, apart from choosing the 
suggested defaults where I can.
I want to use ipchains so I disabled network packet filtering.
No socket filtering but unix domain sockets and TCP/IP networking.
Nothing else (besides Appletalk support as a module as I've a mac and 
want to link it up).

ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support of course.
IDE/ATA-2 DISK support
multi-mode (because I do get the errors described in the help tab)
ATAPI CDROM support and ALSO (is this right?) SCSI emulation support.

IDE/ATAPI floppy support because I've a zip drive.

HPT366 support.

I suppose I need scsi support if I'm doing scsi emulation?

I've enabled SCSI CD-ROM support because I want to do SCSI emulation on 
the CR-RW.  Is this right?
SCSI generic support as a module (?)

Network device support -> Y
Ethernet 10/100 Mbs support -> Y
		RealTek RTL 8139 Fast Internet adaptor

No automounting.

ISO 9660 and Joliet extensions.

/proc and /proc/config.gz system support

no oSS sound modules, just support for SBlive and via 82 audio codec.

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