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diff --git a/misc/modprobed-db/README b/misc/modprobed-db/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..bbce42c3a8c02 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/modprobed-db/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Modprobed-db is a useful utility for users wishing to build a minimal +kernel via a make localmodconfig. In a nutshell, this make target +creates a config based on the current config and a list of modules +you define (modprobed-db keeps for you). It then disables any module +option that is not needed thus not building hundreds/potentially +thousands of extraneous modules. This results in a system-specific, +streamlined kernel package and footprint as well as reduced compilation +times. + +Modprobed-db simply logs every module ever probed on the target system +to a text-based database which can be read directly by "make +localmodconfig" as described above. + +To automatically run modprobed-db every hour add the following to your +user's crontab (run "crontab -e"): +0 */1 * * * /usr/bin/modprobed-db store &> /dev/null |