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@@ -209,15 +209,22 @@ Configuring the kernel
store the lsmod of that machine into a file
and pass it in as a LSMOD parameter.
+ Also, you can preserve modules in certain folders
+ or kconfig files by specifying their paths in
+ parameter LMC_KEEP.
+
target$ lsmod > /tmp/mylsmod
target$ scp /tmp/mylsmod host:/tmp
- host$ make LSMOD=/tmp/mylsmod localmodconfig
+ host$ make LSMOD=/tmp/mylsmod \
+ LMC_KEEP="drivers/usb:drivers/gpu:fs" \
+ localmodconfig
The above also works when cross compiling.
"make localyesconfig" Similar to localmodconfig, except it will convert
- all module options to built in (=y) options.
+ all module options to built in (=y) options. You can
+ also preserve modules by LMC_KEEP.
"make kvmconfig" Enable additional options for kvm guest kernel support.