Re: kernel rebuilds with kernel-package?
On Wed, Jun 24 2009, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> Hello debian-users
>
> I have been pondering this for years and haven't found an answer: How
> does one re-compile a custom kernel after fixing a bug or adding patch
> with kernel-package _without_ rebuilding the whole kernel?
>
> I want to test new kernels every now and then and usually the first
> couple of compilation have issues. Fixing these issues wouldn't result in
> complete rebuilds if I compile natively, but with kernel_package they
> do. I find it easier to work with deb packages than to manually remove
> old kernels, modules etc.
>
> Is there some special build target I could use to just try
> rebuilding the objects which don't yet exists, e.g. fakeroot
> debian/rules kernel_binary_something?
With a recent kernel-package version (12.XX), you just call
make-kpkg as you would normally (don't call make-kpkg clean). The very
minimal rebuild is done.
So, make-kpkg .... kernel_image should work just fine.
> With the official Debian kernel packages I found a rule for rebuilding
> the binary package -- though can't remeber which is was atm -- but with
> kernel-package I newer found a similar one.
>
> This would save a lot of time for me, thanks.
Try it and report if it does work for you.
manoj
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