On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:24:56 +0200 Heinz Diehl <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 30.06.2015, stan wrote: > > > That's the hard part of compiling a custom kernel; eliminating all > > the irrelevant modules and functionality. I've looked, and there > > doesn't seem to be a program that scans the system, and only turns > > on hardware modules for the system scanned. > > "make localmodconfig" is what you're after. Be aware that > localmodconfig does exactly what you want. So if you e.g. don't have > connected a device containing an ext4 filesystem at the moment you > issue the command, ext4 support won't be in your new kernel. > Whoa! Thank you! This could be a game changer. Yeah, it's a little risky, but my system is very stable, and I only compile kernels when everything is attached and running smoothly. I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned in the build instructions at kernel.org. Or maybe I just missed it. Now I've got to rush off and compile a new kernel. :-) -- users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
