Re: kernel build questions

[Colin <cwvca_blah@hotmail.com>]

Ben Edwards wrote:
> 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.

The EXTRAVERSION is equivalent to the --append-to-version parameter. 
Changing EXTRAVERSION implies that you changed the source code in some way.
If you change EXTRAVERSION, the modules will go into the 
/lib/modules/2.6.xEXTRAVERSION directory.  If you use the -rev parameter, 
then you can have multiple .debs with different configurations but they 
will all put the modules into /lib/modules/2.6.x.

For a newbie, I'd recommend using the -rev parameter since you probably 
won't be changing the source code.

> 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.

Yes.