On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:32:25 -0400, "Littlefield, Tyler" said: > Hello: > I started working on a barebones kernel for the server I am running on > from something someone else had and it seems to be going good. > I would like to take a good clean kernel and use it for my netbook, but > I'm not really sure what the essentials are and what can be disabled. > Basically I want it to be as small as possible with minimal module overhead. > Has anyone else done something like this for a netbook or perhaps > something else I could borrow? Is there somewhere where I can dig deeper > into the specifics of the kernel configuration? Step 1: Boot a distro kernel. These are usually 'allmodconfig' or close to it. Step 2: Plug in all your USB and other toys at least long enough for udev to notice them and modprobe their drivers. Step 3: 'make localmodconfig'. This will configure to build only the modules listed in 'lsmod' (thus the need to plug stuff in and get it modprobed). Step 4: Continue building your kernel.
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