[oclug] Learning the configuration of a compiled kernel: COL Wks 3.1 beta

[Taavi Burns]

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Bruce Miller wrote:

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> I am still sufficiently "newbie" that I could learn a lot from studying 
> the configuration of an existing kernel. I would like to take the 
> existing kernel and modify it, for example, to add the built-in NTFS 
> R/O support for the Windows 2000 partition. I would like to check 

I think Win2k uses a newer version of NTFS.  Anyone have news as to
whether the Linux support has kept up?

> other things for my own learning, e.g. why an MS Intellimouse is a 
> PS/2 mouse, not a bus mouse, how the Promise ATA100 card was 

Does it use a PS/2 plug?  (6-pin DIN as opposed to USB or serial)  If it
does, then it's a PS/2 mouse.  :)  Bus mice are ancient, using PS/2ish
plugs on separate add-on cards.

> implemented, how the CD-RW was recognized, why the CD-ROM 
> is not properly recognized, etc, etc. Learning the configuration of 
> the existing kernel would also allow me to upgrade to kernel 2.4.3 
> without introducing new errors into the configuration (I have been 
> learning that the hard way<grin>.) 
> 
> Related question: I have picked up a couple of morsels of 
> configuration by watching screen messages flash past as the 
> kernel loads. Is there a way to trap that information, or, same thing 
> really, to get a detailed output of the exact hardware configuration 
> which this installation has recognized? 

cat /var/log/dmesg |less

> 
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