Thus spake shyamk@eth.net: > I was told that the following were the steps for making a kernel : > cd /usr/src/linux > make config > make dep > make clean > make bzImage > make modules > > I have 4 doubts : > 1. If I have made a kernel module , say prn.o , does this automatically get entry > into a kernel through this procedure ? > > 2. Could somebody please tell me what > ' make ' really is about ? > > 3. Could you tell me what each of the above steps is intended for ? > > 4. I am having a dual - boot Win - Lin machine . Will any form of kernel compilation > affect either : > a. The dual - boot structire > b. The Linux partition and OS > c. The Windows partition and OS > > Thanks, > (shyamk@eth.net) > Shyam 1) You also have to make modules_install in order for the modules to written to the right tree in /lib/modules/<kernel-version>. Then you can tell the kernel to load what modules you definitely want at boot by adding them to /etc/modules - just skip the trailing .o 2) make is program that reads a set of rules and executes them from a Makefile in the present working directory - beyond that, I don't know. 3)cd /usr/src/linux - pretty straight forward - where your kernel source is kept. Need to be in this directory to read the Makefile there. make config (actually make menuconfig or make xconfig are much pleasanter alternatives) - let's you decide what kernel options to include. make dep - not sure, although it looks like it's calculating dependencies within the kernel. make clean - removes cruft that's either unwanted or built up during compilation make bzImage - builds a compressed kernel image, the one you actually boot from make modules and make modules_install builds the modules you want and puts them in the right tree. the last steps are: cp /usr/src/linux/arch/<arch>/boot/bzImage /boot/<whatever you want to name it> edit /etc/lilo.conf so that your first image is /boot/<whatever you want to name it> /sbin/lilo to update lilo. reboot, fingers crossed . . . Good luck, Steve p.s. - I'm told the debian way is much easier, but I've never used it, so others can tell you more. -- Abstainer: A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. -- Ambrose Bierce
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