linux.gentoo.user

Wow, that's a good start! I'll keep your post aside for when I go
through the kernel again (i'm not at the point of setting up all
software).

At least, now that I got it working I can relax and start
understanding what I've done! ;)

Thanks a lot Mick!
Simon

> Not sure, because I've never done it! I keep using make menuconfig for edits.
>
> To find a particular driver in the maze of the kernel tree you can of course
> spend hours studying it line by line, enabling and disabling each branch as
> you go along (in six months you'll know it all by heart). Alternatively, you
> could get a life and decide to press / while in menuconfig and enter some
> suitable search terms. Also, I often cat .config | grep -i to
> find whether I have enabled something or other.
>
> After you compile a good kernel that does exactly what you want it to do, then
> copy its .config into any new kernel fs that you emerge and run make
> oldconfig instead. It'll prompt you for the changes and keep all your old
> settings which you know work.
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