Kernel options for drivers

Hi.
Atm I playing a little bit with compiling my own kernel - the aim is a kernel that don't need a ramdisk.
My ramdisk contains this: MODULES="pata_acpi pata_via ata_generic scsi_mod sd_mod sr_mod ext3 radeonfb"
Now I wan't to compile this modules into my kernel. What are the options to do so or is there an other way to select this drivers as build in?
Thanks, Andreas

device driver > scsi > scsi harddisk
device driver > scsi > scsi cdrom
I'm not sure if i got the naming exactly right, but you should be able to find it like this

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karol wrote:The wiki has article(s) about compiling a kernel.
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … rom_Source
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I'll look at the links you provided and hopefully things will be a bit clearer.
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