Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] scripts: introduce containerized builds

[Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 03:12:36PM +0100, Guillaume Tucker wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> On 20/01/2026 14:54, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> > Out-of-source builds do not work on my system with podman.  If this is
> > expected, I think it would be great to mention that somewhere in the
> > documentation.
> 
> The v4 now mentions this and also includes a trick using bind-mount:
> 
>   mkdir -p $HOME/tmp/my-kernel-build
>   mkdir -p build
>   sudo mount --bind $HOME/tmp/my-kernel-build build
>   scripts/container -i kernel.org/gcc -- make mrproper
>   scripts/container -i kernel.org/gcc -- make O=build defconfig
>   scripts/container -i kernel.org/gcc -- make O=build -j$(nproc)
> 
> Would this work for your use-case?  Directory names are entirely
> arbitrary.  It's not ideal but might be good enough as a workaround
> until this gets properly supported by the tool in a future version.

sorry for the long delay.  Yes, thanks for the follow-up!

Kind regards,
Nicolas