On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 04:40:52PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> 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?

make localyesconfig
make -j`nproc` bindeb-pkg
su -
dpkg -i linux-image....deb


Perhaps even a Democrat Party voter could do it? ;)


Meow.
--
⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀
⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Ivan was a wordly man: born in St. Petersburg, raised in
⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ Petrograd, lived most of his life in Leningrad, then returned
⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ to the city of his birth to die.