Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Compiling information - totally [OT]
From: Paul Winkler (slinkp23_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Sep 19 2001 - 06:15:17 EEST
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 06:28:10PM -0400, Rob wrote:
(re. compiling)
> Either that, or someone will have to write a "Compile Kernel Wizard" with a
> happy little clown (er, or dragon)
penguin? :)
> telling you what the difference between
> CONFIG_M686 and CONFIG_MK7 is,
Have you tried make xconfig recently? Options are organized in
categories and given reasonably readable names, and almost all of them
have good descriptions you can read by clicking on "help", which often
end with a statement like "If you don't know what this is, you can
safely ignore this option," or "If unsure, say Y." I think the same
information is available from make menuconfig as well.
> that automatically builds it with a little
> blue status bar, and that keeps a backup to which it automatically falls
> back when it turns out Joe User picked the wrong options.
Well, those aren't bad ideas, but I doubt we'll see them anytime soon
because I think a lot of hackers agree with your next suggestion:
> Or.... we can
> let the various distributors handle kernel configuration and packaging, try
> to keep as much functionality in userland as we can, and let end users be
> end users.
Which is precisely why music-targeted distros (e.g. DeMudi) want to
include low-latency-patched, alsa-ready kernels.
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