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dj_farid
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 Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:17 pm Post subject: Compiling minimal Kernel questions... |
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I am about to compile a minimal 2.4 kernel.
There are some options that I am not sure of if I need them. Please help me know.
Do I need these since I don't have any ISA cards?
General setup/ISA bus support
Plug and Play configuration/ISA Plug and Play support
Networking options
Packet socket
Unix domain sockets
IP: multicasting
Do I need all these? I don't really know what they are.
IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
"Generic PCI IDE Chipset Support" Do I need it since I have "Intel PIIXn chipsets support" enabled?
Network device support/Dummy net driver support , Do I need it?
Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)/ EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers, Do I need it since I have 3c590/3c900 driver support?
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ric_man
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:55 am Post subject: Re: Compiling minimal Kernel questions... |
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| dj_farid wrote: | | Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)/ EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers, Do I need it since I have 3c590/3c900 driver support? |
Sorry I can't help you with the others, but what I did when I compiled my kernel was to remove reference to every other ethernet card with the exception of the one I had installed on my PC (the 8139too). System works fine.
Hope this is of some assistance...
...Ric
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dj_farid
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:58 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks! Does anyone know about the others? |
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forbjok
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Compiling minimal Kernel questions... |
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| dj_farid wrote: | Do I need these since I don't have any ISA cards?
General setup/ISA bus support
Plug and Play configuration/ISA Plug and Play support |
No, as far as I know they have no effect, if you don't have or aren't using an ISA bus/cards. I always deselect them on computers that don't use ISA cards, and I've never had any trouble with it. 
| dj_farid wrote: | IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
"Generic PCI IDE Chipset Support" Do I need it since I have "Intel PIIXn chipsets support" enabled? |
I think the "Generic PCI IDE chipset" option is only needed to use chipsets that aren't supported by any other specific driver. I don't think I've ever disabled it, but I doubt it would affect the PIIX driver. There is really only one way to find out for sure though: try it  |
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dj_farid
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Nice. Now it is only the networking options that I am not sure about. Does anyone know what they are for?
Networking options
Packet socket
Unix domain sockets
IP: multicasting (I don't use DHCP so I guess that I don't need this one, or?) |
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