Re: Kernel source tree for installed kernel, and config file: how to get?
On 12/22/05, Wim De Smet <kromagg@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/22/05, Fred Proctor <frederick.proctor@nist.gov> wrote:
> > I have installed Debian Testing via the netinstall, and have a kernel
> > 2.6.12-1-386 from Debian testing (etch). I'd like to make some changes
> > to the kernel source, namely the device driver for my sound chip. I
> > installed what I thought was the kernel source, and expected to see
> > "-1-386" in the source tree top-level Makefile's symbol for
> > "EXTRAVERSION". However, it's blank.
> >
> > I built this kernel, booted from it, and had different behavior from the
> > one that came in binary form with the netinstall. The problem is with my
> > CD-DVD RW. With the default kernel, it appears fine as /dev/hda and
> > works with several apps. With my compiled kernel, it appears as
> > /dev/scd0 and doesn't work with several apps.
> >
> > How can I get the actual kernel source used to build the binary kernel
> > installed with Debian netinstall? I expect the procedure to be this:
> >
> > 1. apt-get install kernel-source-something
> > 2. cd /usr/src/kernel-source-something # verify Makefile has
> > EXTRAVERSION = -1-386, change to -1-386-custom
> > 3. cp /boot/config-2.6.12-1-386 .config
> > 4. make xconfig # just save and quit
> > 5. make bzImage modules modules_install # verify
> > /lib/modules/2.6.12-1-386-custom
> > 6. cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1-386-custom
> > 7. cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.12-1-386-custom
> > 8. mkinitrd -o initrd.img 2.6.12-1-386-custom && cp initrd.img
> > /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-1-386-custom
> > 9. Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, clone entry for default kernel
> >
> > As I said, doing this I didn't see the telltale EXTRAVERSION = -1-386,
> > and when finished the kernel wasn't the same as far as /dev/hda
> > behaviour and some other things scrolling by on the boot console.
>
> See if the module can be built against the kernel headers. There's a
> package you can install (linux-headers-... I think, might still be
> kernel-headers-... in sarge). This would be the way you can compile
> extra modules. If that won't work and you still want an extra module
> it would probably be easiest to just compile the entire kernel instea
>
Sorry, didn't mean to send that.
To complete my sentence:
If that won't work and you still want an extra module it would
probably be easiest to just compile the entire kernel instead of just
the modules. If you're doing it the way you pasted you were
recompiling it anyway. kernel-package can often make this a bit easier
and manageable (creates (un)installable .debs).
greets,
Wim
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