Re: Some phylosofical questions (and kernel questions too)
--- Luis Campos de Carvalho <carvalho@ecb.epm.br> wrote:
> 1. ftp ftp.kernel.org (get kernel-2.3.40, latest stable kernel until now)
> tar/gz format.
All 2.3.x (In fact, all kernels with an odd middle number) are unstable by
definition.
> 5. (as root, too. Same dir) make zImage
> At this point, the shell answers "No target 'zImage'."
I build kernels as a normal user.
Have you searched the Makefile for zImage?
Maybe it's dumped in favour of bzImage (gives better compression)
> But i've read the Kernel README file, an it says that i need type
> 'make zImage' to compile the kernel.
As it's an unstable kernel, the documentation may be out of date.
Michel
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