Hello. I'd like to make a slight customization to the debian kernel. I do not understand the debian packing scheme for getting the complete source to the DEBIAN linux kernel (i.e. all patches applied and the .config that is used for the debian kernel-images).
I grabbed the kernel-source: gateway:/usr/src/# apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.17 After examining the source tree from this, I have found that it does not have a .config at all, and I do not this any of the debian patches have been applied. This looks like kernel.org source. So I tried: gateway:/usr/src/deb-src# apt-get source kernel-image-2.4.17 This created the following: gateway:/usr/src/deb-src# ls kernel-source-2.4.17-2.4.17 kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1.dsc kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1.diff.gz kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17.orig.tar.gz gateway:/usr/src/deb-src# The directory 'kernel-source-2.4.17-2.4.17' is quite a strange name? I am confused by this behaviour and am not sure how I can use this source package to build a custom debian kernel. Why is it called 2.4.17-2.4.17? Is the 'source kernel-image-2.4.17' what I am supposed to be building from? If so, why is there no '.config' in there? Where do I get the '.config' from? Now assuming I get answers to these questions, can someone please verify the the following would be how I build this source into a kernel package? <apply customization> patch kernel && 'make menuconfig' to customize kernel configuration. <build kernel package> gateway:/usr/src/linux# make-kpkg --revision=gateway.1 --initrd buildpackage -- Nick Jennings
