Re: FW: kernel source patching

[Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen wrote:
> 
...
> I tried this and it fails...
> 
> Im trying to build 2.4.19 with the command:
> make-kpkg --initrd  kernel_image
> 
> It fails after running through the whole process with error message that
> follows.
> what i do:
> 
> 1. download source from mirror and extract it in /usr/local/src/
> 2. copy the config-2.4.18-686 from boot and give it name .config so that
> i only use the new options in new kernel.
> 3. edit source according to reference from binutils
> 4 run command with the initrd option bacause my stock 2.4.18 debian
> kernel uses it.

This is what i did that works:

1. download source from mirror and extract it in /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18
2. copy the config-2.4.18-686 from boot and give it name .config so that
   i only use the new options in new kernel.
   #/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 make menuconfig

I didn't do this-> 3. edit source according to reference from binutils

4. #/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 make-kpkg clean

5. #/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1 kernel_image

6. #/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 dpkg -i ..\kernel_image-2.4.18-custom.1_i386.deb

Reboot. See /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz