Re: compiling (or rather, failing to compile) a kernel
Am Samstag, 10. November 2012 schrieb Stephen Powell:
> On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:46:09 -0500 (EST), Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> I have been trying to get to grips with compiling a custom kernel.
> >> I have been shying away for too long.
> >>
> >> I am following Stephen's marvellous work, and had got this far:
> >>
> >> http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm#Unpack
> >
> > This appears to be really old.
>
> The above document was last revised on August 4, 2012. I wouldn't
> classify that as "really old". Perhaps you assumed that it is old
> because I recommend using kernel-package, rather than "make deb-pkg"
> or some other newer method. kernel-package has been around a while,
> yes. But I recommend it for what I consider to be good reasons, which
> are explained over time in the document. You are, of course, entitled
> to disagree with my opinion. But it's not old. I make an effort to
> keep it up to date, and suggestions are welcome.
I found I misread references to 2.6.8.
I am sorry. I was too quick in my judgement of how recent your webpage
was.
I use kernel-package make-kpkg myself actually.
Thanks,
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Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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