Re: Kernel configuration for USB mouse

[Frank Murphy <murphyf+deb-ppc@f-m.fm>]

> ... the point is, that with pre-compiled kernels, AfAIK, I'll have a lot
> of non-modular capabilities built-in to the kernel, thus wasting RAM (and
> speed?) that otherwise could be used for stuff I really need on the
> machine.
>
> So compiling myself is option #1 (I'm definitely not keen on extra-work at
> this beautiful summer here ... :)
> If it will not work, I'll probably use the options from kernel .configs I
> found on www ... But most of the time I'm not a friend of copying without
> understanding.
> That's why I came here ... :)

Fair enough. For a .config, start with the one that came with the Debian 
kernel you're using. It's in /boot/config-2.4.21-powerpc (or whatever version 
number). Then you can take out other options that you don't need.

Frank