Re: make-kpkg and 2.2.12
*- On 27 Aug, Phillip Deackes wrote about "Re: make-kpkg and 2.2.12"
> Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu> wrote:
>>
>> The order should be
>>
>> apply patch
>> make config
>> make-kpkg clean
>> make-kpkg --revision ......
>
> Oh, I didn't realise you needed make-kpkg clean - I have never used this
> command, I have always gone from make xconfig to make-kpkg kernel-image
> . . . I have successfully created dozens of kernel images this way,
> including the latest 2.2.12
>
> Having said that, I am concerned I am not using a necessary command.
> What effect would me not using it have?
>
On a prestine source it is not needed. But if you have used make-kpkg
in the past on the source in the current tree and there exists a file
stamp-configure then the --revision option is ignored. You
should always clean the source especially if you have patched the kernel
up from an earlier version, you need to remove all the old object files.
See the make-kpkg man page and the README in /usr/doc/kernel-package.
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Brian
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