at last the non-technical way to configure the linux kerlen

[Vardhan Varma <vardhan.v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://news.linuxprogramming.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-06-18-005-06-CD



Welcome to CML2 Adventure, version 1.6.1.
You are in a maze of twisty little Linux kernel options menus, all
different.
The main room. A sign reads `Linux Kernel Configuration System'.
Passages lead off in all directions. > n
The arch room. A sign reads `Processor type'.
A passage leads upwards. Choose your processor architecture.
A brass lantern is here.
There is a row of buttons on the wall of this room. They read:
X86, ALPHA, SPARC32, SPARC64, MIPS32, MIPS64, PPC, M68K, ARM, SUPERH, IA64,
PARISC, S390, S390X, CRIS
The button marked X86 is pressed.
> take lantern
Lantern: taken.
> look X86
Value of X86 is y.
This is Linux's home port. Linux was originally native to the Intel
386, and runs on all the later x86 processors including the Intel
486, 586, Pentiums, and various instruction-set-compatible chips by
AMD, Cyrix, and others.
> up
In main room.
> nearby
The arch room. A sign reads `Processor type'.
The archihacks room. A sign reads `Architecture-specific hardware hacks'.
The buses room. A sign reads `System buses and controller types'.
The pm room. A sign reads `Power management'.
The mtd room. A sign reads `Memory Technology Device (MTD) support'.
The x86 room. A sign reads `Intel and compatible 80x86 processor options'.
The policy room. A sign reads `Configuration policy options'.
The generic room. A sign reads `Architecture-independent feature
selections'.
The block_devices room. A sign reads `Block devices'. > go generic
The generic room. A sign reads `Architecture-independent feature
selections'.
A passage leads upwards. There is an option named MODULES here.
There is an option named NET here.
There is an option named SYSVIPC here.
There is an option named BSD_PROCESS_ACCT here.
There is an option named SYSCTL here.
There is an option named BINFMT_AOUT here.
There is an option named BINFMT_MISC here.
There is an option named SMP here.
> take NET
NET: taken.
> take MODULES
Tristate symbols won't default to M.
MODULES: taken.
> up