On 18 April 2017 at 11:04, Code Soldier1 <codesoldier1@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks a lot Greg and Peter. Hello,
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On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:38:52AM -0700, Code Soldier1 wrote:
Hi Greg,
No I did not know about 'make localmodconfig'. Can you kindly explain.
Did you look at the help in the kernel makefile:
make help will show you what the different options do.
localmodconfig makes a kernel configuration based on your system and the modules loaded, which is much smaller than the "full distribution" kernel build, for all hardware in the world, which you don't usually want for your own development.
There's also a whole book, free online, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell, that describes how to configure, build, and boot a custom kernel, that might help you out.
As far as the change is concerned I am planning to change a few things and experiment, so there is nothing specific.
Then experiment away and see how it goes!
good luck,
greg k-h
To add to what Greg said, disabling the staging drivers config option in the .config file speeds up the entire process. To do this, just comment out the CONFIG_STAGING line in that file.
-- CS1
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