On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:48 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote: <snip>
#1: archlinux? Are you working in CentOS or arch linux?
I'm using CentOS. But the problem was "make localmodconfig" is not working. I don't see how a question related to "building kernel.org kernel" relates to distribution, just because the problem was discussed in a distribution's forum. Same kind of discussion can be found(about faulty behaviour of "make localmodconfig") in debian/ubuntu forums if use try google.
There was also a proposed solution which apparently worked for others , is to run the script directly instead of using make's target.
#2: That's because people don't understand make at all. Go read the O'Reilly book on Make: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596006105.do. Grok it.
Not understanding how this relates to ignorance of "make". may be you are pointing about the environment variables and stuffs.
Although for me, make localmodconfig does not work at all. its because of the following :
$make clean#3: you complain about how long it takes to build, yet you're doing a make clean *first*. See #2. Then *DO* *NOT* use make clean unless it's absolutely necessary.
I'm trying to tune up my kernel build. so i need to see which way it performs the best. During development i dont "clean". I dont even make the whole tree. i just build the part of the tree i'm developing.
$make mrproper $cp /boo/config-'uname -r' .config#4: Have you looked at the contents of .config to verify they're what you expect?
Yep, i have run make menuconfig to see what's enabled. But you there is thousands of options, its not practical to go through all of them. I just see common options. Like if the driver for my ethernet card is enabled "only". stuffs like that.
$make localmodconfig#5: How is .config used in the makefile?
Its used by default.
and it haults with
vboxguest config not found!! nf_defrag_ipv6 config not found!! vboxsf config not found!! vboxvideo config not found!!The thing is my kernel development environment is inside virtualbox. These vbox modules were installed when i chose to install "virtualbox guest addtion".
#6: Did you install the dev modules *in* the virtualbox, as opposed to the host?
Yes.
<snip> > Now the workaround this obviously unloading these module and trying > again. But I'm thinking if there is patch for the > "streamline_config.pl" which will enable the user to exclude certain > modules if s/he wants. Problem is i have "zero" knowledge about perl > and i like it that way.
#7: You're building kernel mods, and don't want to know about perl?
I managed to make it through without "perl" till now.
So my problems in "nutshell"
- Patching streamline_config.pl so i can give a list of module name
as argument which it will exclude from processing the config file.
#8: Perhaps if you looked at the perl script, or ran it with -? or -h or --help, it might *tell* you?
Honestly i've never checked it. i've just checked. nothing comes up with --help, -h -?. All are unknown options.
<snip due to your followup email> > > Additional info: <snip> > 3) Is there any way i can get the "Centos specific" patches in "plain > patch" format? That means i dont wanna do things in src-rpm way. > If the patches are available in normal patch format i can keep > everything tidy in my kernel git tree.
#9: yum update [package], perhaps?
trying not involve *rpm*. I like my git tree :) .
#10: And under annoyances, turn on your damn spellchecking. "Stuffs", "hault"....
English is not my native language. When i type quickly sometimes, correcting all the spelling mistake seems like a burden. Sorry for the annoyance in caused.
mark "and maybe your makefile needs a VPATH corrected"
Thanks for your insight.
cheers.
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