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baronobeefdip 11-05-2011 10:44 AM
is there a program that will automatically configure the kernel before i install it
 
i want to be able to have a program that will automatically configure the kernel tarball to accommodate itself to my hardware, in other words i want the program to probe for all hardware my system has and when modules (or drivers) are available for it's hardware in the kernel archive it will add it to the .config file. this will make everything a lot easier since i hate having to wait a couple hours to see if everything installed correctly, i'm tired of guessing

ButterflyMelissa 11-05-2011 10:59 AM
Yes there is, it's called ... configure. Here are the simple steps to get where you may want to go...

- get the tarbal
- unpack
- enter the folder
- issue "./configure" or "make menuconfig"
- make the thing with 'duh" "make"
- then - "make modules"
- and finally - "make install...

Luck!

Thor

macemoneta 11-05-2011 11:05 AM
This is the purpose of building modules. Your system dynamically loads the modules it needs to support your hardware.

catkin 11-05-2011 11:06 AM
configure is not automatic though -- it's a time-consuming manual process. IIRC there was such a tool, newish with the 2.6.33 kernel; I tried it and found it was "in need of further development".

baronobeefdip 11-05-2011 11:06 AM
i am using it the debian way, i have never seen the ./configure in the linux kernel tarball but i'll give it a shot. also when you build it with the commands
Code:
# make oldconfig
# make xconfig
# make pkg-deb
# cd ..
# dpkg -i *.deb
where would the ./configure fit in there. plus what about the modules i am not sure that the modules install themselves after installing the kernel the way i just listed so what do you think

---------- Post added 11-05-11 at 11:06 AM ----------

i am using it the debian way, i have never seen the ./configure in the linux kernel tarball but i'll give it a shot. also when you build it with the commands
Code:
# make oldconfig
# make xconfig
# make pkg-deb
# cd ..
# dpkg -i *.deb
where would the ./configure fit in there. plus what about the modules i am not sure that the modules install themselves after installing the kernel the way i just listed so what do you think

baronobeefdip 11-05-2011 11:09 AM
just tried to run the ./configure in the linux tarball root directory and this is what came up
Code:
root@debian:/home/baronobeefdip/Desktop/linux-3.0.8# ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
it's not that easy i guess so is there another way that will automatically configure the kernel source for installation on the machine with all of the right modules and drivers installed plus the new versions of them so they can perform batter than they did on previous kernels

baronobeefdip 11-05-2011 11:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by macemoneta (Post 4516571)
This is the purpose of building modules. Your system dynamically loads the modules it needs to support your hardware.
so how do you automatically load them because thor's suggestion about the ./configure command didn't work in fact the script is non exsistent so how do you do it

and i am configuring the 3.0.8 version kernel

ButterflyMelissa 11-05-2011 11:25 AM
Ehrm, my apologies to the OP, ./configure is NOT used to configure a kernel, you need make menuconfig for that...sorry :/

baronobeefdip 11-05-2011 12:47 PM
well how do you get it to configure the kernel automatically

TobiSGD 11-05-2011 12:57 PM
1. Start your system with the generic standard kernel of your distribution.
2. Plugin all the hardware that you want to be supported from your new kernel, so that all the needed modules are loaded.
3a.
Code:
make localmodconfig
to configure the kernel to compile all currently loaded drivers as modules,

or
3b.
Code:
make localyesconfig
to configure the kernel to compile all currently loaded drivers into the kernel.
4. Continue the standard procedure of kernel building.

Juako 11-05-2011 01:01 PM
Yes there's a tool to include in the config all the modules that are currently loaded, I've used it as a base to start my own customized kernel. Don't recall right know what whas called it, but I'll update as soon I find it.

Nevertheless it will save you only the work of figuring out some of the modules for your hw, it's not a complete "autokernel" thing. That's something impossible.

baronobeefdip 11-05-2011 02:42 PM
well at least it will seek out the modules that need to be installed as for everything else i can configure them myself since they are sort of optional since they aren't really necessary

Juako 11-05-2011 03:29 PM
Still can't recall, too bad I didn't take note :(. I did remember it was oddly hard to find.

This thread might have something to do with it (check post #3): http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ssible-752872/

Post #2 links to a script I didn't know of.


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