Trying to find all the kernel modules needed for my machine using shell script
Aft nix
aftnix at gmail.com
Fri Jul 13 09:03:21 EDT 2012
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Mulyadi Santosa
<mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Aft nix <aftnix at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm developing kernel modules right now, and the build times are
>> starting to get under my skin. As a side effect i'm taking way too
>> many "coffee" breaks during builds.
>>
>> So i was looking for a way to build only the stuffs i need for my
>> platform. Chapter 7 and 8 of "linux kernel in a nutshell" gave a good
>> detail of how to do that by hand. Its a good read :
>> http://www.kroah.com/lkn/
>
> IMHO, first you need to experiment to get the best config. Like you
> have found, make localmodconfig (is it?) will help.
>
> Afterward, maybe what you need is compilation speed up? If so, have
> you tried ccache?
No i've not. But after viewing their website, it seems very
interesting. I will definitely try that out.
Thanks for the tip.
>
> --
> regards,
>
> Mulyadi Santosa
> Freelance Linux trainer and consultant
>
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-aft
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