Re: kernel build questions

[Ben Edwards <ben@serverone.co.uk>]

Maybe I am not building the kernel in the most elegent way.  I seem to 
be using a mixture of EXTRAVERSION and -rev.  Not quite sure of the 
ramifications of these.  Douse the .deb file put stuff into 
/lin/modules?  What would you recomend to be the best use of 
EXTRAVERSION/-rev/accosiated prcedure for a newbe to kernal building.

If I use both and 'make-kpkg clean' before eath make-kpkg is this the 
safest or can I get away with using one of EXTRAVERSION/-rev.

Ben

Colin wrote:

> Ben Edwards wrote:
>
> > Colin wrote:
> >
> > > Do a "make-kpkg clean" before changing the revision number should do 
> > > the trick.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ta, that did the trick.
> > When I dpkg -i the image it complaines that '/lib/modules/2.6.3 (may) 
> > belongs to a old install', I have been moving it to .old but douse 
> > this mean that if I need to revert to the previous kernel I may have 
> > proglems.
>
>
> Yes.  You'll have to move the .old directory back to 2.6.3 if you want 
> to use the old kernel again.  Another trick is to use the 
> "--append-to-version" parameter so that there is some extra stuff 
> added to the end of the kernel version.  For example, 
> --append-to-version=new will put the kernel modules in the 
> /lib/modules/2.6.3new directory.