Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot
On 09-12-25 09:04:42, Celejar wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:07:55 -0500
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> > this is the "learning" part.. knowing what you need, what you MIGHT
> > need, and what you don't have to have to make it work..
>
> Absolutely. I'm just warning you to be prepared for a lot of very
> frustrating "why can't the kernel find my root filesystem?" and "why
> has this piece of HW / SW suddenly stopped working".
>
> One thing I'd recommend, although I've never really done this myself,
> is keeping some sort of journal where you record changes you make and
> their results.
...
How about: build a kernel with everything as modules, boot it, look at
the output of lsmod, then build a kernel with (at least) those modules?
Certainly, keep a copy of the kernel config for each kernel you build
and use. That can be diff'ed to find any changes.
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