Hello, (asked before on debian-user, but no one there seems to now)
I'd like to rebuild the stock Debian wheezy kernel with an additional patch. According to http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html, there are two ways to do this. Either I can install the linux-source package (apt-get install linux-source), unzip the .tar.bz, apply my patch and run 'make deb-pkg'. Or I can install the source of the linux-package (apt-get source linux), and run 'fakeroot debian/rules source', apply my patch, and run 'fakeroot make -f debian/rules.gen binary-arch_amd64'. Can someone explain to me which method I should use in which situation? I have randomly picked the first method, and am very surprised that the resulting kernel has version 3.2.23, while the stock wheezy kernel is 3.2.0. Shouldn't linux-source give me the sources for linux-image? In addition to that, the custom package comes with 449 modules taking 427 MB of space, while the official one ships 2848 modules taking 106 MB. The lower number is expected because I used 'make localmodconfig', but why are the custom built modules so huge? Thanks, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87fw5lqeqs....@inspiron.ap.columbia.edu
