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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst index cc6151fc0845..5aad534233cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst @@ -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. @@ -251,7 +258,7 @@ Configuring the kernel Compiling the kernel -------------------- - - Make sure you have at least gcc 4.6 available. + - Make sure you have at least gcc 4.9 available. For more information, refer to :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>`. Please note that you can still run a.out user programs with this kernel. |