Hi, Kumar. On Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:40:07 -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > I am trying to compile Linux 2.6.32 with the source code of kernel.org. > > Kernel that I'm using at the moment is 2.6.26-2-686 of the Debian > > GNU/Linux repositories. > > > > In order to generate the configuration, I've copied the file > > corresponding to this kernel to the directory of sources, > > /usr/src/linux, and I've executed make menuconfig: > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.32 > > # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config > > > > # make ARCH=x86_64 menuconfig > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > But when I execute 'make', restart config becomes and I'm interrogated > > on some details of the configuration: > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > antares:/usr/src/linux# make > > HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf > > scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig > > * > > * Restart config... > > * > > * > > * RCU Subsystem > > * > > RCU Implementation > > > 1. Tree-based hierarchical RCU (TREE_RCU) > > choice[1]: 1 > > Enable tracing for RCU (RCU_TRACE) [N/y/?] n > > Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value (RCU_FANOUT) [32] (NEW) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Something similar happens when compiling using the Debian way. > > > > I have the impression that 'make' is taking like reference the > > configuration in /boot/ and the one that is in /usr/src/linux and when > > finding differences, it interrogates to me on some things. Is it > > possible? Under other circumstances, which can be the problem? > Well, the kernel build does check what your current config is, and > based on that, asks you some new questions. One way I get around this > is: > > cd <kernel-build-directory> > cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config > make menuconfig # choose the options you want. > Run make-kpkg to build my kernel deb. > > The make menuconfig step refreshes your config, so that you can skip > the "interrogation" step. These steps are similar to which I'm doing, although not to the Debian way: # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.32 # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config # make ARCH=x86_64 menuconfig # make The "interrogation" step comes when doing "make". But it seems that it is obtaining some things of the configuration in /boot/, because in the questions I see (without form to be able to modify) that the family is Pentium-Pro (M686) and in /usr/src/linux/.config I have: CONFIG_64BIT=y # CONFIG_X86_32 is not set CONFIG_X86_64=y CONFIG_X86=y Thanks for your reply. Regards, Daniel -- Fingerprint: BFB3 08D6 B4D1 31B2 72B9 29CE 6696 BF1B 14E6 1D37 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux Lenny - Linux user #188.598
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