On 2011-09-24 16:22 +0200, Camaleón wrote: > I had to compile the latest upstream kernel sources to make some > debugging with my wifi drivers (from staging) and discovered that > compilation took ~5 hours. > > That's much for testing purposes. > > Compilation takes place in a netbook governed by Intel's Atom N455 with 2 > GiB of RAM and I would like to reduce the compilation time. > > I'm using the same ".config" file I have for the current Debian stock > kernel (to avoid missing some modules I may need) and just added > "CONFIG_MATOM=y" but it takes almost the same time. > > I don't need nothing special, just to be able to boot the system, test > the staging drivers and then remove/compile a new kernel again so wasting > the less time in the process would be great :-) > > Any trick?
Plug in any hardware that you intend to use with your netbook and then run "make localmodconfig". This works from Linux 2.6.32 onwards¹. Sven ¹ http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_32#head-11f54cdac41ad6150ef817fd68597554d9d05a5f -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874o02hsun....@turtle.gmx.de
