On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:11:58PM -0500, eDoc wrote:
> > you need to, as in the documentation, run make-kpkg from the top-level
> kernel
> > directory, which will depend on where you put your kernel source. This is
> typically
> > either /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/kernel-source-<kernelversion>
> > glen
>
> kernel-source? You mean "linux-2.4.12.tar.gz?
>
> Or do you mean "linux-2.4.12.gz"?
>
> "linux-2.4.12.tar.gz" is in /usr/src and I tried to run "make-kpkg" there.
> No go.
I'll take you through my complete set of steps for building kernel
packages from pristine kernel.org source.
- Download whatever it is you're getting. I tend to grab a tarball
at one point and then grab the successive patches for a while until
the point where I get tired of typing "patch -p1". You might also
want to verify the kernel sources with the signatures distributed
from that site if you know how to use gpg.
- cd /usr/src
- Untar the source tarball from kernel.org. It should get unpacked
to a "linux" directory in /usr/src.
- Apply any patches I need.
- Move the kernel dir so the dir name contains a version, such as
"linux-2.4.13". (I'll assume I'm building 2.4.13 from here on
out.) So, something like "mv /usr/src/linux /usr/src/linux-2.4.13"
should do the trick. I do this so I can keep track of exactly what
version of the kernel source I have handy.
- Grab the source for any other modules you think you may need.
Debian packages module source as packages that you can install;
look for packages with names that end in "-source". ("dpkg --list
'*-source'" should give you a nice list.) Once you have package
names, just apt-get them.
- The source packages unpack their source as tarballs in /usr/src.
Unpack each one with:
cd /usr/src
(b)zcat foo.tar.(gz|bz2) | tar xvf -
Something like this should unpack them all:
cd /usr/src
for file in *.tar.gz; do zcat $file | tar xvf -; done
for file in *.tar.bz2; do bzcat $file | tar xvf -; done
It's important to be in /usr/src when you unpack the tarball, as
it's set up to unpack to just the right place for make-kpkg to find
it.
- cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.13
- Configure the kernel. This isn't Debian-specific. Some people
like "make menuconfig", others "make xconfig", others just plain
"make config". One handy tip: Debian kernel packages store their
configs in /boot/config-X.Y.Z, so you can start with a good kernel
config and go from there. If you do that and just want to be asked
the questions that are new since that kernel version, run "make
oldconfig".
- Pick a Debian package revision for your kernel stuff. I generally
pick something that describes the purpose of the kernel and a
version, such as "laptop.1".
- Run "make-kpkg clean".
- Run "make-kpkg --revision=<revision> kernel_image".
- If that succeeds, run "make-kpkg modules_image".
- If you think you may need to compile other modules for this kernel
after you've built other kernels with this source tree, run
"make-kpkg kernel_headers".
- cd /usr/src
- ls -l *deb
You should now have a list of Debian packages on your screen,
corresponding to the kernel packages you just built (and maybe some
older ones, if you've been building kernels before). Run a "dpkg -i"
on them, and you're all set.
