Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Dec 2013 10:30:01 +0100 | Subject | Re: Git puzzle | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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Hi Gene,
On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote: > Yes, I think I can nail it now. One final clarification, do I use a > .config geared more to my machine, or am I supposed to do a "make > allmodconfig?" > > I haven't done this in a while and I'm still going thru the xconfig, > stripping out modules for hardware I don't have, but if I just transfer the > old ones in, they should work but will be building about 1400 modules > extra.
If you're using ccache ('make CROSS_COMPILE="ccache "'), it may be much faster to just build everything, than to try to find a config subset that contains everything you need. And the further in the bisection process, the less that needs to be recompiled.
Good luck!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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