On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 08:59:36AM -0700, Code Soldier1 wrote: > Can someone suggest what is the fastest way to build a minimal kernel > and boot. For example if I am working on TCP and would like to make a > small change and reboot, what is the fastest way, I rather not build > the whole kernel. To add to the already great list of advice (some of which I could have used earlier in my life), I have found that virtual machines can be very useful. In particular, there are tools [1] that allow you to run a linux kernel within a virtual machine that shares your filesystem. You can use a quite minimal kernel configuration, and the resulting build times are around 5 seconds for incremental builds, and booting your new kernel in a virtual machine happens in mere seconds. Stephen [1]: https://github.com/g2p/vido _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
