On Thursday 30 November 2006 07:52, Dave Jones wrote: >On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 07:43:07AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > 2. Trying to do this as a user rather than root because you all > > > > decry my running everything as root. To that end I have broken > > > > my 'makeit' script in two, doing all the building as myself and > > > > leaving the installation to a separate script that must be run as > > > > root. This seems to work, but is there a way to run as the > > > > common user and still have rights to install the modules in > > > > /lib/modules/$kernelver, and to install the pieces and links in > > > > /boot that are required to achieve a working boot? > > > > > >sudo ? > > > > For another 30+ lines of script? I'd have to study up on wrapping > > that one up correctly. > >sudo make modules_install >sudo make install > >That's all you need to do. > Don't forget sudo mkinitrd, it won't run unless by root. :) > > Side comment here. I know my present .config is probably building > > quite a few more modules that I don't need since I started with a > > make oldconfig, but can that explain why a kernel build that a month > > ago on gcc-3.3.4 took 10 to 11 minutes, it now taking nearly 30 > > minutes to do with this newer compiler suite FC6 installs? > >A big time saver when building your own kernels is to make sure >CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is disabled. It is disabled AFAIK >This speeds up the linking stage > considerably. Another big performance win (for recompiles) is to use > ccache. My script starts with a make clean for correctness. How would/does ccache work? > Dave Thanks Dave. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
