Thanks a lot Greg and Peter. On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> 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 -- CS1 _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
