On 05/02/2017 12:57 AM, Eva Star wrote: > All of this sounds very good. But most of us not so advanced unix > users to compile kernel and install it. Maybe, somebody (as I) can > try, but there is no readme on your repository how to do this and > install it :) > > p.s. Maybe you forget about table(wacom) on you description and remove > it? Currently, usb-vm does not support tablets. (Not a big problem) > The reason why that repository has no readme is because the Qubes master repository has no readme. You do make a good point though: All Qubes packages should have some kind of write up on how to compile them. You can kind of infer how to do it by reading through the Makefiles, but still, it'd definitely be easier for anyone wanting to jump in to simply test them, if not develop for them, if easier instructions were available on how to compile them and what the software dependencies for that repository are.
I did post some compile instructions in this thread here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/yBeUJPwKwHM/CFLgGsyKBAAJ However, writing up a finalized and nicely formatted version for the Qubes website is next on my TO-DO list. As for things like Wacom tablets, I didn't mention it in my message in this thread, but it, along with all other input devices supported in the kernel, is still enabled in the current set of kernel options for this version of the dom0 kernel. But if you were compiling this for yourself and you don't use such devices, that's another category of kernel config options that you could disable. I've done some further refinement on my personal kernel, and it only takes up around 50MB of disk space, down from about 200MB with the stock kernel. And I still think it could be reduced even more. So the one currently found in the repository definitely can still be cut down as well, and there are probably some obscure kernel options that aren't applicable to a dom0 kernel that I've missed. You could probably go even further with a VM kernel. I simply no longer have the time to test right now (and probably won't for a few months), but some light testing on my end shows you can remove things such as S/ATA support and native GPU drivers, simply because those aren't normally needed in a VM environment (at long as you're not doing GPU passthrough, although I don't know if that works with the open source graphics drivers to begin with). A stripped down VM kernel would also make for an interesting research project too. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/oe9ijp%242ae%241%40blaine.gmane.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
