Re: How to make kernel-modules-<version>.deb?

[Eric Richardson <eric.richardson@milagrosoft.com>]

Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > > "Eric" == Eric Richardson <eric.richardson@milagrosoft.com> writes:
>
>  Eric> I've been able to to use make-kpkg kernel-image to create a custom
>  Eric> kernel .deb file from a kernel source package. All the modules are
>  Eric> compiled and I tried make-kpkg modules-image but no deb file gets
>  Eric> created. How do I create the modules deb file?
>
> 	What moduls.deb file? Do you have stand alone modules packages
>  installed? Which modules packages are these? The modules you
>  designated that come with the kernel are part of the kernel imagfe
>  deb itself.

Hi Manoj,

I guess I'm totally confused. When I upgraded to 2.4.18, I had to 
install the kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.18 so I guess I'm thinking of this.

So let me see if I got this correct. Installing the kernel-image I 
created will install the modules compiled in /lib/modules/<version>. 
This of course are not the modules I chose to compile into the kernel.

Also, not sure why I get what seems to be an error when I do a make-kpkg

modules_image. See end of message. What is that command suppose to do? 

How do I include the pcmcia modules or is this a seperate think I need 
to make a deb for?

I also downloaded the src deb as a control and got nowhere trying to 
make-kpkg on it but perhaps that a seperate issue.


>  Eric> On a related note, does the kernel installer create the initrd.img?
>  Eric> preinst or postinst or ?
>
> 	If you have installed the cramfs patch (comes with debian
>  kernel sources), and passed the initrd option to make-kpkg, yes.


Thanks. I think it must do it automatically as a see no option in man 
make-kpkg.

Thanks for the help,
Eric

Error? console output outputs the source of make-kpkg. Note that for the 
'for module in ;' statement the list is blank.

wiley:/home/eric/tslinux-3-0-x86/src/kernel# make-kpkg
-rev k6.1 modules_image
for module in  ; do                        \
          if test -d  $module; then
            \
    (cd $module;
    \
              if ./debian/rules
KVERS="2.4.7-timesys-3.0.108"
KSRC="/home/eric/tslinux-3-0-x86/src/kernel" \
                             KMAINT="Unknown Kernel
Package Maintainer"
KEMAIL="unknown@unconfigured.in.etc.kernel-pkg.conf" \
                             KDREV="k6.N" kdist; then
        \
                  echo "Module $module processed
fine";            \
              else
             \
                   echo "Module $module failed.";
            \
                   echo "Hit return to Continue?";
             \
       read ans;                                        \
              fi;
             \
     );
     \
  fi;
     \
        done