Thank you very much, Jonathan. that helps a great deal. After I posted my query to the list I did see that the shared kernel configuration was not enabled in the build. I'll rebuild the kernel, following your instructions, here tonight.
DJ On 10/23/2012 10:45 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Dave Jones wrote: > >> Can the wheezy s390x kernel be saved as an NSS? If so, how? > > Based on [1], it looks like the answer is currently no, based on the > following line in the kernel config file: > > # CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL is not set > > The description of that option says > > Select this option, if you want to share the text segment of the > Linux kernel between different VM guests. This reduces memory > usage with lots of guests but greatly increases kernel size. > > You can build a custom kernel using that option if you wish. It works > like this[2]: > > $ apt-get source linux > # apt-get install build-essential fakeroot > # apt-get build-dep linux > $ cd linux-<version> > $ fakeroot debian/rules source > $ fakeroot make -f debian/rules.gen setup_s390_none_s390x > $ cd debian/build/build_s390_none_s390x > $ scripts/config --disable DEBUG_INFO > $ scripts/config --enable SHARED_KERNEL > $ cd ../../.. > $ fakeroot make -f debian/rules.gen binary-arch_s390_none_s390x > > Hope that helps, > Jonathan > > [1] http://www.vm.ibm.com/linux/linuxnss.html > [2] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html > > -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-s390-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5089aee2.3060...@vsoft-software.com
