Re: Compiling a new kernel

[Michel <da...@de...>]

On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 19:57, Jean-Paul POZZI wrote:

> I get the kernel 2.4.14 on the Debian site, with the apus diffs, I applu =
the
> diffs and compile the kernel. The 2.4.14 kernel works very nice for me si=
nc
> more than one week all seems stable ond working.
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> To apply the Debian diffs just :
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> 1) Download the kenet and diffs

I.e. apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.14 kernel-patch-2.4.14-apus

> 2) Un-targzip the whole lot
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> 3) Before applying the diffs=20
> I need to do some symbolic links :
> ln -s /usr/src/kernel-patches/powerpc /usr/src/kernel-patches/apus

What for?

> 4) Go to the directory where kernel sources are installed
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> usually "cd /usr/src/linux"
> and
> ../kernel-patches/apus/apply/0apus=20
>  0apus means  (zero + apus)
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> 5) Configure and compile the kernel.
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> make menuconfig
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> make deps
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> make
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> make modules
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> make install_modules
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> Copy the kernel and System.map on the amiga side ... and enjoy ...

I recommend looking into using kernel-package, it makes the handling of
patches and (external) modules much easier.


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast