From 0106738407dc55c0c50d830942a04f26e219a2a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerard Beekmans Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 16:15:54 +0000 Subject: Suggested you can use host distro's .config file when configuring git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1028 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter08/kernel.xml | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index cb88bc77c..5682b23ce 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ Estimated required disk space: &kernel-compsize; Building the kernel involves a few steps: configuring it and compiling it. There are a few ways to configure the kernel. If you don't like the way this book does it, read the README that comes -with the kernel source tree, and find out what the options are. The -following commands are run to build the kernel: +with the kernel source tree, and find out what the options are. + +Something you could do, is take the .config file from your host +distribution's kernel source tree and copy it to $LFS/usr/src/linux. +This way you don't have to configure the entire kernel from scratch and +can use your current values. If you choose to do this, first run the +make mrproper command below, then copy the .config file over, then run +make menuconfig. + +The following commands are run to build the kernel: cd /usr/src/linux && make mrproper && -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf