Configuration Menu Language

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Configuration Menu Language was used, before compilation of older versions of the Linux kernel, to configure the set of values that will determine the composition and exact functionality of the kernel. Wide variations in kernel functionality exist; a particular kernel can be customized for the exact hardware it will run on and it can be tuned by indicating preference for one behavior over another. CML was originally written by Raymond Chen in 1993. A replacement system for the original Configuration Menu Language was developed by Eric S. Raymond and named CML2 (for Configuration Menu Language 2), but has been officially rejected by the core Linux kernel team.