Kernel build tree -- how to trim down

Sun Apr 9 13:56:19 UTC 2006

On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 15:41 +0200, Mostafa Afgani wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In order to remove the SMP flag from the x86_64 kernel, I recently
> recompiled the 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5 kernel. The build tree generated is
> about 1.6GB in size and thus taking up a lot of valuable space. My
> question is, is there any way I can trim it down to match that
> provided by the kernel-devel packages?

Build your own kernel RPM packages, then you'll get the same structure
and ease of installation/removal etc.

http://www.city-fan.org/tips/TweakKernelPackage

Paul.