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On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Since space is a issue for you, you really only need the kernel sources |
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>>> for the kernel you are using. One could argue that if you have a well |
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>>> built kernel and don't plan to change it in the future, you could |
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>>> remove its sources too. I would save a copy of the config tho. |
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>> I'd certainly argue that. A single set of sources can take up more than |
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>> half a gigabyte after compilation. If you use make install to install the |
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>> kernel, it puts a backup of the config in /boot automatically. |
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> It is also good to keep the System.map and vmlinux file in case you or |
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> someone else needs to debug your kernel traces. |
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> Kyle |
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Also, if you want to get rid of source but keep the tree you can do |
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make clean (I think) to get rid of the stuff that got built. |
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Always keep .confg AND make sure your running kernel supports |
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/proc/config.gz as a second means of not losing info. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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