how to build monolithic kernel

[Alexandru Juncu]

On 5 January 2014 09:03, Laxmi Meena <laxmicair at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to build minimal kernel with no modules.I want to build it for
> specific system.

Then what you want is to compile the image yourself. Just download the
source and use make menuconfig to select the features you want in the
image (don't compile things as modules) and compile it.
This might help:
http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/KernelCompilation



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> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Alexandru Juncu <alexj at rosedu.org> wrote:
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>> On 3 January 2014 10:01, Laxmi Meena <laxmicair at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
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>> > has anybody created rpm of monolithic kernel.
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>> Linux can't really be anything but monolithic. Perhaps you are
>> referring to an image that has all modules built in? (Linux is still
>> 'monolithic' even if it loads modules).
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>> If that is the case, you should know that an image like that is very
>> specific. I don't think you would want ALL modules compiled into the
>> kernel because the image would be rather big. Images without modules
>> are usually made for small embedded devices where you know the exact
>> hardware and you are pretty sure that the configuration won't change.
>> If you want an image for a desktop or server, you usually want modules
>> because you want the flexibility.
>>
>> So please give some more details on what you want/need and I'm sure
>> somebody will be able to help.
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