On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 01:30:53PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
>
> Compiling a kernel locally to include inline essential hardware drivers
> is so simple I _think_ I could teach even a Republican Party voter how
> to do it. ;->
>
> ITYM 'will probably never support without sysadmin manual work to create
> a bespoke kernel and eliminate local dependency on an initramfs', which,
> sure, fair enough. Personally, though, my fingers aren't broken.

Is there ... could there be with reasonable effort ... a tool that
investigates the hardware, figures out what drivers it needs, and
compiles a kernel accordingly?

Perhaps even looks at the file systems that are present?

Is there something arcane that makes this kind of thing diffcult?

-- hendrik