From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: What is the fastest way to build and boot a kernel
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:07:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170418160711.GA29610@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABGNeczftD4Sn+g=uQM7NpxH9pC3i1i110ER4rbu-awcZRkXgQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 08:59:36AM -0700, Code Soldier1 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
Why would you need to rebuild the whole kernel? What did you change
that required everything to be rebuilt?
And a working kernel can normally be built, from scratch, in just a few
minutes. You do know about 'make localmodconfig' right?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-18 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-18 15:59 What is the fastest way to build and boot a kernel Code Soldier1
2017-04-18 16:07 ` Greg KH [this message]
2017-04-18 17:38 ` Code Soldier1
2017-04-18 17:42 ` Peter Senna Tschudin
2017-04-18 17:44 ` Greg KH
2017-04-18 18:04 ` Code Soldier1
2017-04-18 18:15 ` Guru Das S
2017-04-25 13:15 ` Manoj
2017-04-19 10:32 ` Tobin C. Harding
2017-04-19 10:49 ` valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu
2017-04-19 12:43 ` Aruna Hewapathirane
2017-04-19 18:26 ` Code Soldier1
2017-04-20 8:21 ` Sébastien Masson
2017-04-20 16:20 ` Code Soldier1
2017-04-20 16:31 ` Alexander Kapshuk
2017-04-20 16:54 ` Joe Smith
2017-04-20 17:50 ` Bjørn Mork
2017-04-20 19:27 ` Joe Smith
2017-04-21 8:43 ` Bjørn Mork
2017-04-19 11:24 ` Aruna Hewapathirane
2017-04-19 17:10 ` Stephen Brennan
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