Re: [opensuse-kernel] Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration fordistro issues

From: richard -rw- weinberger
Date: Fri Jul 13 2012 - 17:41:47 EST


On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Myklebust, Trond
<Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.

--
Thanks,
//richard
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