07-22-2008
First of all, you should know what hardware you have, before compiling your own kernel, so you don't have to add modules you will not need and will make the kernel bigger than needed.
Second, I can't tell about the speciallities for Red Hat, but all in all it's like the guy described, what you already wrote.
So what do you want to have explained from this guide? And there is a lot of page in the web dedicated how to build a kernel, btw.
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kudzu(1) General Commands Manual kudzu(1)
NAME
kudzu - detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system
SYNOPSIS
kudzu
DESCRIPTION
kudzu detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system. When started, kudzu detects the current hardware, and checks it
against a database stored in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf, if one exists. It then determines if any hardware has been added or removed from the
system. If so, it gives the users the opportunity to configure any added hardware, and unconfigure any removed hardware. It then updates
the database in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf.
If no previous database exists, kudzu attempts to determine what devices have already been configured, by looking at /etc/modules.conf,
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/, and /etc/X11/XF86Config.
OPTIONS
--usage
Show short usage message.
--help, -?
Print help information.
-q, --quiet
Run 'quietly'; do only configuration that doesn't require user input.
-s, --safe
Do only 'safe' probes that won't disturb hardware. Currently, this disables the serial probe, the DDC monitor probe, and the PS/2
probe.
-t, --timeout [seconds]
This sets the timeout for the initial dialog. If no key is pressed before the timeout elapses, kudzu exits, and /etc/syscon-
fig/hwconf is not updated.
-k, --kernel [version]
When determining whether a module exists, use the specified kernel version. (If this is not set, it defaults to the current kernel
version.) Do not specify suffixes such as 'smp' or 'summit'; these are automatically searched.
-b, --bus [bus]
Only probe on the specified bus.
-c, --class [class]
Only probe for the specified class.
-f, --file [file]
Read hardware probe info from file file and do not do an actual probe.
-p, --probe
Print probe information to the screen, and do not actually configure or unconfigure any devices.
FILES
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf
Listing of current installed hardware.
/etc/sysconfig/kudzu
Configuration for the boot-time hardware probe. Set 'SAFE' to something other than 'no' to force only safe probes.
/etc/modules.conf
Module configuration file.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
Network interface configuration files.
BUGS The serial probe will disturb any currently in-use devices, and returns odd results if used on machines acting as serial consoles.
On some older graphics cards, the DDC probe can do strange things.
AUTHOR
Red Hat, Inc.
4th Berkeley Distribution Red Hat, Inc. kudzu(1)