Changeset de67916 for chapter10/kernel.xml

Timestamp:

03/08/2023 09:27:34 PM (19 months ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@…>

Branches:

12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 12.2, 12.2-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/loongarch-12.2, xry111/mips64el, xry111/multilib, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

25cd02b, 2858f02

Parents:

d0a9bda4

Message:

Suggest make localmodconfig for kernel

This is less generic than defconfig, and you can then tell
not to tweak options...

File:

• chapter10/kernel.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter10/kernel.xml

@@ -99 +99 @@
     <caution>
       <para>A good starting place for setting up the kernel configuration is to
-      run <command>make defconfig</command>. This will set the base
-      configuration to a good state that takes your current system architecture
-      into account.</para>
+      run <command>make localmodconfig</command>. If the host kernel version
+      is not too different from the version of the kernel you are building,
+      this will set the base configuration to a good state similar to what
+      the host uses. Another possibility is to use <command>make
+      localyesconfig</command>, which does the same except everything is built
+      into the kernel.</para>
 
       <para>Do not disable any option enabled by <command>make
-      defconfig</command> unless the following note explicitly makes it
+      localmodconfig</command> unless the following notes explicitly make it
       disabled or you really know what you are doing.</para>
     </caution>
+
+    <note>
+      <para>Another possibility is to run <command>make defconfig</command>,
+      which creates a more generic configuration for your architecture. You
+      may then have to disable drivers for hardware you do not have if
+      you want to reduce the kernel size.</para>
+    </note>
 
     <note>
@@ -313 +323 @@
           processors in x2APIC mode.  x2APIC may be enabled by firmware on
           64-bit x86 systems, and a kernel without this option enabled will
-          panic on boot if x2APIC is enabled by firmware.  This option has
+          panic on boot if x2APIC is enabled by firmware.  This option
           has no effect, but also does no harm if x2APIC is disabled by the
           firmware.</para>