Do I have to run 'make-kpkg clean' every time I make kernel configuration changes?
I am doing some experimentation with my kernel configuration, so I want to be able to make successive patches or .config changes. I don't want to run make-kpg clean each time, since compiling takes forever.
Is there a way to recompile with the changes without doing this?
Posted Dec 26, 2010, 9:24 PM UTC
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After you edit your .config just run make, you dont have to clean
Thanks, I wasn't sure since every kernel configuration instructions I can find always said to make clean.
It seems to depend though-- I removed firewire support and ran make without cleaning and it worked; I then tried to remove USB controller support and couldn't build without cleaning.
really? what error did you get?
I don't remember specifically... compiling quit after a series of "some_usb_parameter undefined!" messages.
Edit: I shouldn't say for sure that make clean has fixed it... it is still compiling after an hour; it quit compiling before after a few minutes. I may still be wrong-- I'll let you know.
Nevermind, I'm an idiot. Make clean just made it take longer to fail.