"Alan Connor" <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote in message
news:_YDlb.1220$I04.330@newsread4.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:45:00 +0100, Timothy Murphy
<tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:


> All you do is delete the line
>
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
>
> and run make oldconfig
>
> The new kernel will be compiled with stunning speed, with just a pause
> where make asks you whether you want to include IP_PNP support. You then
> choose whether to compile it as a module or to have it integrated in the
> kernel, and the compilation zooms onwards to conclusion.

Unfortunately, in many cases, other options are enabled or disabled that you
may not have been aware of. Turning off "experimental" features, for
example, may disable dozens of other capabilities you may not have realized
you need. And does turning off SCSI disable the ide-scsi driver you need for
writable CD drives? It takes some poking around and testing to find this
out, and the menuconfig and xconfig tools come with some very nice "help"
options for examining specific features.