Re: kernel pruning script..

From: David Rientjes
Date: Wed Feb 10 2016 - 16:05:53 EST


On Mon, 8 Feb 2016, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> > I run this by hand every now and then. I'm probably doing it all wrong.
> >
> > --b.
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > # because I use CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO, not the same version again and
> > # again, /boot and /lib/modules/ eventually fill up.
> > # Dumb script to purge that stuff:
> >
> > ssh "root@$1" '
> >
> > for f in $(ls /lib/modules); do
> > if rpm -qf "/lib/modules/$f" >/dev/null; then
> > echo "keeping $f (installed from rpm)"
> > elif [ $(uname -r) = "$f" ]; then
> > echo "keeping $f (running kernel) "
> > else
> > echo "removing $f"
> > rm -f "/boot/initramfs-$f.img" "/boot/System.map-$f"
> > rm -f "/boot/vmlinuz-$f" "/boot/config-$f"
> > rm -rf "/lib/modules/$f"
> > new-kernel-pkg --remove $f
> > fi
> > done
> > '

I do something similar to this on a regular basis as well, but I also rm
-rf /lib/firmware/$f