> Guys, I seem to recall seeing somewhere a Perl program which
> would analyze the contents of 'dmesg' and ascertain the
> parameters required to build a minimal kernel for the machine.

 NetBSD-guide, compiling your own kernel:

http://www.mclink.it/personal/MG2508/nbsdeng/chap-kernel.html


 BTW, the search function on www.netbsd.org works great. It revealed this
old mail:

 http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2001/06/30/0008.html

 Good luck!

Markus Illenseer