Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:39:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Glenn Becker <burningc@sdf.lonestar.org> To: DIST - FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: identifying hardware for kernel config purposes Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0701211831380.9211@sdf.lonestar.org>
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Hi - I am following along in the Handbook in my first attempt to compile a custom kernel ... and once again confronting the fact that I really know beans about hardware. So once I get to the "device" lines in my edited copy of the GENERIC config file I start to get a little bit lost. I know enough to look through /var/run/dmesg.boot, and many devices make themselves obvious (a DVD-ROM drive is a DVD-ROM drive is a ...) but how do I identify my motherboard, for example, so I know which lines to comment out (or conversely, leave in) in the kernel config file? If there is a good overall guide to info like this, I'd appreciate it if someone would point it out to me. :^) I also get lost in the alphabet soup of ATA, PCI, SCSI and so on. Thanks in advance for any guidance. I didn't want to attach my whole dmesg.boot file but will do so if that will help. Best, Glenn +-----------------------------------------------------+ Glenn Becker - burningc@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-----------------------------------------------------+
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