What is the fastest way to build and boot a kernel

[Code Soldier1]

Thanks a lot Greg and Peter.

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Greg KH <greg at 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



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