On Fri, 26 Apr 2013, Alex Pilon wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:48:37PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > if there's a simple way to do this, i've managed to miss it. i want to
> > configure and build a new kernel for my 64-bit ubuntu laptop to prep
> > for writing and loading numerous kernel modules for an upcoming device
> > driver course, so i did the obvious:
> >
> > $ make defconfig
>
> $ make help | grep localmodconfig
> localmodconfig - Update current config disabling modules not loaded
> $ make localmodconfig
> $ make nconfig # to remove code that is statically linked, or to
> # add/remove other features
>
> Any modules that aren't loaded won't get compiled in. See `make help` in
> the root of the kernel source directory for further help.
>
> > am i just missing something trivially obvious?
>
> It is also in the README in the root of the kernel source directory. You
> may want to check that too.
ah, it's been a while since i went looking for new config targets,
thanks.
rday
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