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Configuring the Kernel
- 3 interfaces, with same basic functionality (including help).
- Most drivers can be built as modules, which a program called
kerneld loads when needed. Anything needed to mount your
root file system needs to be built in, though.
- Run command from top of kernel source tree
(i.e. /usr/src/linux).
- make xconfig: graphical (X) menu-based version.
- make menuconfig: semi-graphical text menu version.
- make config: traditional line-base text version.
- AFS needs support for modules and module versioning.
Aaron M. Ucko