Question about new install

kenw232 · 01-30-2015, 12:16 AM

I just installed Slackware 14.1 64 Bit. I installed the Kernel 3.10.17 stuff too. I then goto /usr/src/linux and do a make menuconfig. The default settings in that .config is for the generic or huge kernel?

ReaperX7 · 01-30-2015, 12:45 AM

The default configuration file is actually in /boot.

Menuconfig doesn't really have a preset but just the general defaults.

Defconfig does a general architecture config. Oldconfig uses an existing and asks for unset new settings. Olddefconfig is a mix of the two.

Is this what you meant?

Didier Spaier · 01-30-2015, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kenw232

I just installed Slackware 14.1 64 Bit. I installed the Kernel 3.10.17 stuff too. I then goto /usr/src/linux and do a make menuconfig. The default settings in that .config is for the generic or huge kernel?

Neither, as said ReaperX7. If you want to use a Slackware config file you should copy as .config in /usr/src/linux, either /boot/config-generic-3.10.17 or /boot/config-huge-3.10.17, run make oldconfig then do your customization. See Building a Linux Kernel from Source.

gor0 · 02-27-2015, 04:35 PM

hi there!

how to know if I'm using generic or huge ?

tia!

ruario · 02-27-2015, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gor0

how to know if I'm using generic or huge ?

Unless you created an initrd and configured your boot manager to use it (which I think you would remember), you are using huge.