[gentoo-user] Re: Building kernel without messing the kernel source tree

[Thomas Mueller]

from netfab at Fri, 14 May 2021 11:59:37 +0200:

> Le 14/05/21 à 11:47, Thomas Mueller a tapoté : 
> > I am looking to compile the Linux kernel and send the work and output
> > to another directory, thereby leaving the kernel source tree
> > directory clean.

> You should have a look to KBUILD_OUTPUT environment variable.

> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/kbuild/kbuild.html#kbuild-output
        
I just looked in Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt, and the information was right 
there.

I should have noticed it, even though it was mixed in with other environment 
variables.

Thanks for pointing it out!

Tom