Minimally configured kernel

[Michal Ludvig]

Tom Smith wrote:

> How can I start out with a minimally configured kernel and select ONLY
> the options I need, while having everything else disabled by default?

In the kernel source tree:

~/linux-2.6.17 $ make help
[...]
Configuration targets:
[...]
  allnoconfig     - New config where all options are answered with no

Then "make menuconfig" and select only what you need.

HTH,

Michal
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