On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 5:13:48 AM UTC-4, Reg Tiangha wrote: > 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.
I too would have trouble compiling kernel for fedora too. I only know how to do it with debian using make-kpkg which is much easier. -- 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/0037e344-16ac-40c4-a171-dc48efcd5457%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
