[aklug] Re: Compiling a kernel for Ubuntu Dapper

Quoting Mike Tibor <tibor@tibor.org>:

> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Damien Hull wrote:
>
>> I need to compile a new kernel for Dapper. Why? Well, I have software
>> that requires Dapper so I can't upgrade to Gutsy etc... The system has
>> an Intel Core 2 Duo 6300. The Dapper kernel only sees one core. It
>> should show me two cores or two processors.
>>
>> Before I rush out and download the latest kernel I thought It would be
>> best to ask for help.
>>
>> * How do I compile a kernel the Debian way?
>> o never don it the Debian way
>> * How do I make sure I get the settings for the current working kernel=
?
>> o Thinking "oldconfig" etc...
>
> "make oldconfig" won't do this for you unless you've already generated a
> .config file by doing a "make config" (or "make menuconfig", etc) at some
> point in the past. "make oldconfig" merges your previous selections with
> the current source tree. I've only used it when applying patches that
> updated my tree with new drivers or options.
>
>> * How do I make sure I get all the drivers / modules compiled?
>> o My hardware needs to work after the kernel boots
>
> You should just be able to select everything as modules. Prior to doing
> this, you might want to look at the kernel boot messages and see what
> hardware was detected. Also maybe an "lsmod" and note what modules the
> system has loaded.
>
> Mike

You also might have the .config in /proc if you have that set in your =20
kernel. Also, when doing a 'make oldconfig' don't assume that the two =20
kernels will have the same layout.

Jon

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Received on Tue Jan 15 09:35:01 2008