kernel chipset compatability 2.4.20:Configure.help/2.5.53 ??

Brad Hards bhards at bigpond.net.au
Mon Jan 6 05:56:06 EST 2003


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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 02:38, Daniel wrote:
> Hello All,
> I may be way off target: I've been searching for new motherboard chipset
> compatability in
> kernel-source-2.4.20/Documentation/Configure.help
> - is this the right way to find up to date information?
I'm not sure what you are trying to do. Are you trying to find out if your 
motherboard will be supported by Linux? If so, you really need to think 
"Chipset", rather than "Motherboard". Also, programmers by nature would 
rather write code than documentation, so the most up-to-date information is 
always the code, rather than the help text.

> - does this file only get put into current kernels eg not 2.5.53 or is
> there a different file?
In 2.5, the help text is included at the same level as the config file that 
uses it. A simple command like:
find -name Config.help -print
in the top level kernel file will show the various (around 145) files.

Brad
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