Correct way to (re)compile a kernel on Debian Sid
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:01:03 -0400 (EDT), Ivan Marin wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:40:46 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote:
>> It sounds to me like you want to get pristine kernel sources directly
>> from kernel.org and compile them and run them on a Debian system.
>> I've never done that, but others tell me that they do it. Of course,
>> this is not supported by Debian.
>
> I understand "not supported" as I can't file bugs from the pristine kernel
> on the Debian kernel package, and if there's a problem with that, I have to
> go to the kernel.org bug list, exactly as Stephen pointed. I'm also aware
> about the changes that the Debian Kernel Team does to the pristine kernel.
> But all this is about the kernel itself, and not the process of _building_ a
> new kernel. So a good question is: kernel-package supports the compilation
> of other kernels than the Debian one?
Yes, I believe so. I myself have never done it, but others on
this list have.
>>
>> This is all explained in http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm
>> In particular, review Step 10.
>
> I will check that, and see if there I can get my way around it. But I still
> miss the old make-kpkg way... ;-)
The new way makes things simpler for the maintainer script. But it requires
that the user be more knowledgeable in customizing the kernel installation
process.
>> But why don't you just install the
>> appropriate firmware package on Debian? Are you saying that the bug is
>> fixed in newer kernel images from kernel.org that Debian has not
>> packaged yet?
>
> I've installed the debian firmware-iwlwifi package, that is the appropriate
> package for my hardware, but I'm having several problems with the
> combination of firmware-iwlwifi 0.23 and kernel 2.6.32 that didn't happened
> on 0.21 and kernel 2.6.31. As the linux-kbuild-2.6.33 package is not yet
> avaliable, and I need the linux-headers to compile some modules that I need
> (nvidia), I was planning my own kernel and test if the problem with my wifi
> goes away. And also because I like to test new stuff ;-)
So the goal is to test a 2.6.33 kernel to see if it fixes a problem?
Debian does have 2.6.33 kernels available in "experimental". If you install
a binary kernel image package from experimental, that will probably require you
to upgrade a bunch of other packages. So in your case downloading the official
Debian kernel source for 2.6.33 is what I would recommend. See this link:
http://packages.debian.org/experimental/linux-source-2.6.33
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Cheers,
SMP
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