Date:	Tue, 4 Apr 2000 13:21:59 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@neper.ethz.ch>
To:	linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: [ANNONCE,RFC] autodetect: A tool/help for kernel configuration (fwd)

Hi,
I've made a tool to help detection of hardware/configuration to help the
new user to configure the kernel.

How it work:
1) it check the hardware and driver needed and set the configuration. It
check the /proc tree, the dmesg and lspci (with /proc/pci)
2) it use old .conf or arch/*/defconfig to suply defaults
3) user should rerun a configuration tool and checks the non-detected /
non-detectable configurations

To do:
1) bettere CPU detection (with the best configuration)
2) special configurations for non i386 arch
3) net configuration (not devices)
4) add extra ISA and UBS devices (soundcards, net...) 
5) add the rest of PCI (I'm working on that)

What it don't do:
1) Set driver to hard code (not modules)
2) Check /dev/ (to detect non installed driver in a non detectable bus
(not ISA-PnP, not PCI,...)


Files are in 
http:/n.ethz.ch/student/gmiabla/autodetect
autodetect-0.6       is the actual version (to put in /linux/scripts/)
Linux-Makefile.diff  is the patch to /linux/Makefile

make autodetect it would check hardware (Warning: it make the .config 
dirt) 
or bash script/autodetect it write the detected hardware on stdout.


Comments? Additions?

	giacomo



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