On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 01:20:06PM +0200, Pim Bliek wrote:
It is maybe harder in the beginning, but once you get used to it is really easier in my opinion. Why? Because you can easily go back to previously built kernels; you still have the .debs in /usr/src, so it makes it rather flexible.
Here's my kernel building complaint:
What I don't like about the Debian way (although that's all I use) is that it is slow. If I make one small change in my kernel config or patch some bit of kernel code then I need to rebuild the entire kernel. Like other software, I'd like to be able to just modify some file and run make and make install and have it smart enough to only rebuild what's needed (a bit tough if I modify a kernel config) -- but that would be my wish.
I had a similar situation with the OP trying to get some hardware working and I spent a good part of a day waiting for the kernel to recompile over and over.
But, once I get the kernel figured out it's nice to have that .deb built.
Add
do_clean := NO
to your /etc/kernel-pkg.conf
Then, it won't clean the tree prior to starting a make. Now you can do it the Debian way and not worry about wasting too much time.
-Roberto Sanchez
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