[WBEL-users] Building a new kernel

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Thu Jun 2 00:29:15 CDT 2005


I've had no problems with make then make modules_install. If you use 
grub, it even configures that for you as well.

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Nick Bright wrote:

>On 5/31/05, Karl-Koenig Koenigsson <koenigsson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hm, you mention "make" followed by "make modules_install". That sounds
>>a bit weak to me and could well be your problem. The regular
>>incantation for a new kernel is
>>
>>   make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
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>Keep in mind that he is building 2.6 which has a different build
>process. AFAIK the proper process for 2.6 kernels is
>
>make
>make modules_install
>
>then, maybe (i'm not sure)
>
>make install
>
>That should be all that is required for a 2.6 series kernel. Keep in
>mind that it may not work too well on EL3 - I've never tried,
>personally. You're likely to encounter other problems getting it to
>work.
>
>Perhaps if you want a 2.6 series kernel, you should try WBEL 4? It
>might be easier.
>
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>>Then you need to copy the arch/i386/bzImage file (assuming of course
>>that you just built yourself an Intel kernel) to /boot with a suitable
>>name.
>>
>>"make modules_install" copies all kernel modules from the build tree
>>to /lib/modules/ and a subdirectory named after the first variables
>>found in the Makefile -- it is generally a good idea to add something
>>personal to the EXTRAVERSION variable like -reboant or something to
>>distinguish it from a proper kernel and to avoid confusion. This
>>should of course be done _before_ you build your kernel -- if you
>>didn't then it is back to square one: "make dep && ..."
>>
>>Then, with your new kernel in /boot and all the modules installed
>>under /lib/modules are you all set to start massaging your boot
>>loader. See the docs for which ever you use.
>>
>>Hope this was what you were looking for, informationwise.
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
>>
>>    Karl-Koenig Koenigsson
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