[WBEL-users] Building a new kernel

[reboant]

Sorry I haven't replied but have been really busy with a new job and in 
the proccess of  moving ( just the packing and looking around for an apt 
stage so far).I think my main problem is actually not having the .config 
setup for udev.Since I've never built a kernel using udev I'm kind of 
lost.Could someone please post a working .config or at least list what 
is needed?

One more thing.Has anyone tried reiserfs 4? If so is it as fast as 
people say.Have you had any problems with it? Reiserfs 3 kind of sucked 
in that it would slow to a crawl making my whole system sluggish enough 
for me to backup,format  and reinstall.Currently I'm back to using ext2 
and don't really have any problems but if there is something faster then 
I'm all for giving it a try.

Thanks
Robert

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> 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:
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>> 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
>>>
>>>   
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>  
>>
>>> 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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