Re: [Gc-linux-devel] ide-scsi problem

[Albert H. <alb...@ya...>]

Pierre Sellamastique <mugre1975 <at> yahoo.com> writes:
> By "building a kernel" do you mean recompile the kernel?

Yes.

> If so, I've no idea how to do that (I told you I'm really new at this!), I 
know I need the source kernel (2.6.32 in
> this case), and then I guess I could follow one of the thousands tutorials or 
"how to's" on the web.
> 
> Still, I don't know if it comes with preloaded options and you just modify the 
ones you want (case in point,
> the one you're telling me), or if you need to know all the options there is to 
configure from scratch.
> Anyway if you could point me to the source kernel and a tutorial or "how to" 
to recompile it, I'll give it a try gladly!
> 

Sure.

Start with the kernel configuration of your actual kernel image. To get your 
kernel configuration just boot into your whiite linux installation and do a 
"zcat /proc/config.gz > /tmp/my_kernel_config.txt". This will create a file 
named /tmp/my_kernel_config.txt, which you need to copy to your "build" machine 
(i.e. where you will build/compile your kernel).

Then follow the instructions at:

http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Building_a_GameCube_Linux_Kernel

At step 2 of "Building the kernel image", instead of using a default config, do 
copy the contents of your my_kernel_config.txt file to linux-2.6.32/.config . 
Then modify the .config file to set the needed option (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y). The 
.config file is a text file that you can manually edit. Alternatively, if you 
prefer it, you can do a "make menuconfig" to tweak the options.

Cheers,
Albert