Re: [leaf-devel] Re: kernel 2.4.21

[Juan J. P. <jjp...@en...>]

El Mié 20 Ago 2003 13:48, Juan Jesus Prieto escribió:
> Hi all (and jaques),
>
>    I have compiled kernel 2.4.21 and modules for Bering (and Lince). It
> works ok, but I had a problem with the ide module (ide.o): depmod couldn't
> resolve all the symbols, so it was unable to resolve correctly all the
> symbols for ide-xxx.o modules. The solution: I have integrated ide and
> ide-disk directly into kernel, the new kernel results just a little bit
> bigger. kernel-2.4.20 --> 518,4k and kernel-2.4.21 --> 585,8k.
>
>    I have patched it with:
>
>  freeswan-1.99.tar.gz (jaques: maybe it's time to upgrade to 2.x?)
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    It should be super-freeswan. Fixed today ;).

>  ebtables-brnf-3_vs_2.4.21.diff
>  ecn.patch
>  grsecurity-1.9.11-2.4.21.patch
>  helpers-2.4.21.patch
>  routes-2.4.20-9.diff (suggested by S Mohan)
>  unclean1.patch
>  linux-2.4.21-openssl-0.9.6b-mppe.patch
>
>    The new kernel (named 'linux') and modules (named
> 'Lince_modules_2.4.21.tar.gz') will be available at lince cvs area:
>
>    http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/leaf/bin/lince/
>
>    Please, use it for testing purpose by now. If you need to upgrade a
> Bering system from 2.4.20 to the new 2.4.21 follow this steps:
>
>    - Mount the floppy, CF or harddrive or wherever the lrp packages (*.lrp,
> syslinux.cfg, linux, ect) are placed and remove the old kernel (named
> 'linux'). Copy the new kernel into the mounted medium with the same name
> ('linux'). Check the medium space before upgrading to the new kernel!!!.
>    - Remove old modules from initrd and copy the new modules needed for it
> into /boot/lib/modules, edit if you need /boot/etc/modules, and backup the
> initrd package.
>    - Remove old modules from the system and copy the new modules needed for
> it into /lib/modules, remove the link /lib/modules/2.4.20 and backup the
> modules package.
>    - Reboot system. It should boot correctly.
>
>    This minihowto comes WITHOUT any guarantee, use it at your own risk. If
> somebody does not understand the instructions, it's better not to try
> upgrading the system.
>
>    Suggestions are welcome.

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Juan Jesús Prieto - Dtor. Técnico
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