Kernel compilation

[Amedee Van Gasse (ub)]

On Wed, March 24, 2010 16:16, Jef Driesen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a couple of question about kernel compilation.

I will answer only those questions that I know without googling for an
answer. :)

> How can I rebuild the kernel when ubuntu releases an updated version? I
> patched 2.6.31-16, but there is already a 2.6.31-20 kernel available. I
> can go through the entire procedure again, but that takes a lot of time
> and disk space to do a full rebuild every time. Is there a way to update
> my current build tree, so that only changed files have to be rebuild?

Install ccache (compiler cache). This will speed up frequent
recompilations. Only the source files that are changed will be recompiled.