Re: [opensuse-kernel] Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues
- To: richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>
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- Subject: Re: [opensuse-kernel] Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues
- From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:37:17 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:41:21PM +0200, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Myklebust, Trond
> <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> wrote:
> > We could at least make selection of a minimal set of drivers for the
> > more common virtualised platforms a lot easier.
> > Right now, you need to hunt through 30+ different menus in order to find
> > what you need to run in a basic KVM virtual machine...
>
> Yes, every time I build a kernel to be used on KVM I forget something. :-\
>
> We could introduce a section in Kconfig which contains selections for
> common use cases.
> E.g. as Linus requested for minimal distro requirements but also
> selections for various common
> guest configurations.
+1.
Same experience with building a kvm kernel so I couldn't agree more.
Thanks.
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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