>>> >> Signed-off-by: Miguel Flores Silverio <[email protected]> >>> >> --- >>> >> scripts/fast-build.sh | 13 +++++++++++++ >>> >> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) >>> >> create mode 100755 scripts/fast-build.sh >>> > >>> > You're busy eliminating pointless scripts, and then adding another one in >>> > their place right here. :) >>> >>> Actually, this isn't pointless at all. >>> >>> > Just use the baseonly target in the spec, possibly with a patch to have >>> > that also disable tools building to get exactly what you were after here. >>> > Or add a target similar to baseonly for fastbuild. >>> >>> That could be done, but then people have to know all the various >>> rpmbuild switches. It's a pain. From a novice user experience, it's >>> very difficult to figure out. You have to know that target exists, >>> which means reading the spec, which means understanding the spec, >>> which is easy for you and I but is impossible as a _starting_ point. >>> >>> The purpose of the script is to give someone that just wants to build >>> a kernel without all the crap a very easy thing to run. The intended >>> user isn't us. It's so that we don't have to explain how to do it >>> over and over (or point people to a confusing wiki page) to people >>> that don't live in the kernel spec. >> >> Fair enough, though are people really needing to build custom kernels that >> often? (It's quite likely I'm out of touch with reality). :) > > Need and desire are two different things. It's unknown if there is a > major need (I would think actually fewer minor/specific needs), but > many people are interested in doing so as a "dip the toe in the water" > exercise.
I know with my non x86 use cases I'm a well and truly excluded from this usecase (although I have numerous aliases that basically achieve the same thing). But I'm finding I'm having to do even custom x86_64 kernel builds a lot more recently in particular for newer Intel laptops to get decent battery life (mjg's SATA patches) and I know others doing similar for skylake laptops. I'm not sure how best to solve those sorts of issues given it's mostly a problem with upstream but the script certainly has a useful usecase for those without a general understanding of the Fedora kernel spec feature options. Peter _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/[email protected]
