I had the same problem. I had not built the kernel for about a decade. I found the Debian kernel docs lacking. Linux Documentation Project does not have a current guide. So I went back to the vanilla way of building and started writing my own guide ...
http://stargate.djbarney.org/freelinking/Compiling%20the%20Linux%20Kernel Barney Holmes > I've not built LInux kernels since, well, 1999, when I ran RedHat > linux (before EL existed). I've compiled separate modules for the > touchpad many times lately, but never a whole kernel. And never on a > Debian system. > > Now I've got a laptop with an Intel Centrino Ultimate 6300 wireless > device and it has been very unstable when joining wireless networks. I > complained about it in the intel wireless support page and today a > technician answered me back with a kernel patch. > > http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2346 > > This is a pretty serious request, I'm willing to try, but I wish > somebody who has done this recently would share the experience. > > I found this: > > http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage > > its about rebuilding kernels in the 2.6 era. Are there problems in > translating this to 3.2? I can't even get out of the starting gate. > How to apt-get the kernel source? > > I'm running Debian testing. > > How to get the kernel source? > > $ apt-get source linux-3.2.0 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to find a source package for linux-3.2.0 > > Seems like that ought to work. Or this: > > $ apt-get source linux-3.2.17 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to find a source package for linux-3.2.17 > > I've tried every variation I can think of. > > Here's what I've got now: > $ uname -r > 3.2.0-2-amd64 > > $ dpkg -l | grep linux-image > ii linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64 3.0.0-3 > Linux 3.0.0 for 64-bit PCs > ii linux-image-3.2.0-2-amd64 3.2.17-1 > Linux 3.2 for 64-bit PCs > ii linux-image-amd64 3.2+44 > Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) > > pj > -- > Paul E. Johnson > Professor, Political Science Assoc. Director > 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 Center for Research Methods > University of Kansas University of Kansas > http://pj.freefaculty.org http://quant.ku.edu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/CAErODj80yuiWQZkk8h=zrc43wkuithmhkyc29gwhfeb-mdm...@mail.gmail.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1b760abd6467a28f7522c39f400b2245.squir...@djbarney.org
