Custom kernel 6.1.55 almost unusable cause nouveau

2023-10-18 Thread Franco Martelli
Hi, I compile the kernel for many years, I optimize the kernel compile process using the bdver1 gcc optimization option applying a patch to "arch/x86/Makefile" in the Linux source tree path. Sadly with the 6.1.55 things went wrong it freeze many time, the 6.1.52 is much more stable with nouv

[solved] kmod not on-demand-loading modules with custom kernel

2022-09-21 Thread hede
call_usermodehelper_setup") { printf("%s\n", $argv[0]$) }' stap -ve 'probe kernel.function("call_usermodehelper_exec").return { retval=$return; printf("%s\nretval:%d\n", $$return$, retval) }' regards hede Am 20.09.2022 15:39, schrieb hede: hi all.

Re: [kmod] not on-demand-loading modules with custom kernel

2022-09-20 Thread hede
hi all. Am 19.09.2022 16:27, schrieb hede: I need help getting module on-demand-loading working with a custom kernel. Additional information: My problem seems less related to udev but more probably related the kernel kmod subsystems!? The kernel usually calls /sbin/modprobe if

udev not on-demand-loading modules with custom kernel

2022-09-19 Thread hede
Hi all. I need help getting module on-demand-loading working with a custom kernel. Currently I'm running Debian 11 for x86_64 on a Chromebook in developer mode directly via Coreboot/Depthcharge. Not having UEFI or classical BIOS boot code means that the default Debian kernel doesn&#

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread mick crane
On 2021-07-04 18:21, Brian wrote: Definitely. Has gparted been mentioned? The rest of the disk is LVM. Would I need to shrink that first before gparted ? mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread Brian
On Sun 04 Jul 2021 at 10:26:26 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 03 Jul 2021 at 19:53:03 (+0100), mick crane wrote: > > I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. > > What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? > > Install linux headers > &

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread mick crane
On 2021-07-04 16:26, David Wright wrote: On Sat 03 Jul 2021 at 19:53:03 (+0100), mick crane wrote: I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? Install linux headers change to a "build" directory make menu-con

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread David Wright
On Sat 03 Jul 2021 at 19:53:03 (+0100), mick crane wrote: > I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. > What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? > Install linux headers > change to a "build" directory > make menu-config > ./config

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread deloptes
mlnl wrote: > 10. make deb-pkg LOCALVERSION=-nameN KDEB_PKGVERSION=$(make > kernelversion)-1 (nameN e. g. v1) I prefer bindeb-dpkg saves some overhead in zipping the source

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread IL Ka
On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 1:26 PM The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-07-04 at 06:26, IL Ka wrote: > > >> thank you very much. Can I somehow load the current configuration > >> so menuconfig shows what choices were made for current kernel ? > > > > zcat /proc/config.gz > .config > > AFAIK, Debian hasn't s

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-07-04 at 06:26, IL Ka wrote: >> thank you very much. Can I somehow load the current configuration >> so menuconfig shows what choices were made for current kernel ? > > zcat /proc/config.gz > .config AFAIK, Debian hasn't shipped kernels with /proc/config.gz enabled for quite a few years

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread IL Ka
> > thank you very much. Can I somehow load the current configuration so > menuconfig shows what choices were made for current kernel ? > > zcat /proc/config.gz > .config

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-07-04 2:42 a.m., mick crane wrote: > On 2021-07-04 06:22, mlnl wrote: >> Hi Mick, >> >> mick crane wrote: >> >>> I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. >>> What's the procedure for making a custom kernel

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-03 Thread mick crane
On 2021-07-04 06:22, mlnl wrote: Hi Mick, mick crane wrote: I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? Do you mean a custom Debian or a vanilla kernel from kernel.org? For a Debian kernel you can look at

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-03 Thread mlnl
Hi Mick, mick crane wrote: >I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. >What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? Do you mean a custom Debian or a vanilla kernel from kernel.org? For a Debian kernel you can look at <https://kernel-team.pages.debian.ne

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-03 Thread IL Ka
On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 12:20 AM Anssi Saari wrote: > mick crane writes: > > > I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. > > What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? > > I assume there are full instructions somewhere. Here it is http:

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-03 Thread Anssi Saari
mick crane writes: > I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. > What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? > Install linux headers > change to a "build" directory > make menu-config > ./configure > make > make dep >

make custom kernel

2021-07-03 Thread mick crane
I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? Install linux headers change to a "build" directory make menu-config ./configure make make dep make install make clean ? mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: detecting hardware for custom kernel

2017-01-11 Thread HP Garcia
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:50:06 +0100 Okay, that makes more sense. Thanks -HP deloptes wrote: > HP Garcia wrote: > > > Is there a command to detect hardware for a custom kernel? I would > > like to take advantages of the newer kernels. > > It is not clear what you

Re: detecting hardware for custom kernel

2017-01-11 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
deloptes wrote on 01/11/17 09:50: > HP Garcia wrote: > >> Is there a command to detect hardware for a custom kernel? I would like >> to take advantages of the newer kernels. > > It is not clear what you want to achieve. > Most probably your current kernel has alread

Re: detecting hardware for custom kernel

2017-01-11 Thread deloptes
HP Garcia wrote: > Is there a command to detect hardware for a custom kernel? I would like > to take advantages of the newer kernels. It is not clear what you want to achieve. Most probably your current kernel has already detected the hardware for you. Just take the config and base yo

detecting hardware for custom kernel

2017-01-10 Thread HP Garcia
Is there a command to detect hardware for a custom kernel? I would like to take advantages of the newer kernels. Thanks -- HP Garcia, Photographer www.HPGPhotography.com

Re: custom kernel - disabling devices - broadcom qlogic NetXtremeII

2014-08-18 Thread Zenaan Harkness
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Re: custom kernel - disabling devices - broadcom qlogic NetXtremeII

2014-08-18 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/18/14, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:48:50PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> I am using "make xconfig" (the kernel qt configurator). >> >> How is it that I cannot disable: >> Network device support >> -> Ethernet driver support >> -> Broadcom devices >> -> Broadcom QLogic

Re: custom kernel - disabling devices - broadcom qlogic NetXtremeII

2014-08-18 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:48:50PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I am using "make xconfig" (the kernel qt configurator). > > How is it that I cannot disable: > Network device support > -> Ethernet driver support > -> Broadcom devices > -> Broadcom QLogic NetXtremeII driver? > > I can only selec

custom kernel - disabling devices - broadcom qlogic NetXtremeII

2014-08-18 Thread Zenaan Harkness
I am using "make xconfig" (the kernel qt configurator). How is it that I cannot disable: Network device support -> Ethernet driver support -> Broadcom devices -> Broadcom QLogic NetXtremeII driver? I can only select it as a module, or permanently built into the kernel. It says: Selected by: CNIC

Re: CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-22 Thread Sean Alexandre
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 03:03:33AM -0500, ken wrote: > I've found cpuspeed to be buggy... the speed at which the cpu runs > seems to have little to do with the conditions specified in the > config file. Recent kernel upgrades have improved cpuspeed somewhat > (without any changes to the config file

Re: CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-22 Thread Sean Alexandre
q stats: 2.30 GHz:5.20%, 2.00 GHz:0.14%, 1.80 GHz:0.16%, 1.60 GHz:0.20%, 1.40 GHz:0.28%, 1.20 GHz:0.44%, 1000 MHz:0.49%, 800 MHz:93.09% (39552) And then for the custom kernel I get: cpufrequtils 008: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009 Report errors and bugs to cpuf...@vger.kernel.org, p

Re: CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-22 Thread Jochen Spieker
Sean Alexandre: > > I can't figure out why it's faster. Everything I've checked is the same > between > the two kernels. If I boot to the Debian provided kernel the CPU runs at 800 > MHz, but if I boot to my custom kernel it runs at 1.8 GHz. (These are baselin

Re: CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-22 Thread ken
s at 800 MHz, but if I boot to my custom kernel it runs at 1.8 GHz. (These are baseline speeds, after boot without running anything else.) Here's what I've checked so far: * Kernel versions are the same. The Debian version is 3.2.0-4-amd64 and the version I got from kernel.org is 3.2.5

CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-21 Thread Sean Alexandre
I've built my own kernel, but the CPU runs faster (hotter, more fan noise, etc.) I can't figure out why it's faster. Everything I've checked is the same between the two kernels. If I boot to the Debian provided kernel the CPU runs at 800 MHz, but if I boot to my custom kerne

[SOLVED] Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-13 Thread Curt Howland
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Curt Howland wrote: > = > Uninstalling modules from DKMS > Attempting to install using DKMS > > Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.8/source -> > /usr/src/vboxhost-4.2.8 > > DKMS: add completed. > Failed to install using DKMS, attemptin

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-03-12 at 22:55 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Curt Howland wrote: > > Also, VB was crashing my system quite reliably last time I had it > > installed, and I just got a new CPU. Since I assume VB was accessing > > some damaged part of my old CPU, I wanted to try VB before and after > > the

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 09:22 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2013-03-12 at 22:55 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Curt Howland wrote: > > > Also, VB was crashing my system quite reliably last time I had it > > > installed, and I just got a new CPU. Since I assume VB was accessing > > > some damaged

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-03-12 at 19:21 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Curt Howland wrote: > > Good evening. Up-to-date Sid, 32 bit. > > > > I've been trying to install VirtualBox, both from the Sid main > > archives and the Oracle > > virtualbox-4.2_4.2.8-83876~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb package. > > > > Both

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Curt Howland wrote: > Also, VB was crashing my system quite reliably last time I had it > installed, and I just got a new CPU. Since I assume VB was accessing > some damaged part of my old CPU, I wanted to try VB before and after > the CPU swap to get a before/and/after comparison. I am sure you w

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-12 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Curt Howland wrote: Good evening. Up-to-date Sid, 32 bit. I've been trying to install VirtualBox, both from the Sid main archives and the Oracle virtualbox-4.2_4.2.8-83876~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb package. Both give the same error, that the kernel module cannot be built because the kernel source

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 01:54 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/03/msg00691.html PS: Forwarded Message From: Ralf Mardorf To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: RESOLVED: Re: kernel-soure WAS:display issues Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:07:4

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 3/12/2013 7:30 PM, Curt Howland wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Joel Wirāmu Pauling > wrote: >> Just out of curiosity why are you not using KVM? It is better, faster, >> and integrated with the kernel. virt-manager is more than capable tool >> for provisioning VM's. > > Because I ha

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-12 Thread Curt Howland
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: > Just out of curiosity why are you not using KVM? It is better, faster, > and integrated with the kernel. virt-manager is more than capable tool > for provisioning VM's. Because I have no experience with it. One must have a place to beg

Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-12 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
Just out of curiosity why are you not using KVM? It is better, faster, and integrated with the kernel. virt-manager is more than capable tool for provisioning VM's. On 13 March 2013 12:57, Curt Howland wrote: > Good evening. Up-to-date Sid, 32 bit. > > I've been trying to install VirtualBox, both

Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox

2013-03-12 Thread Curt Howland
Good evening. Up-to-date Sid, 32 bit. I've been trying to install VirtualBox, both from the Sid main archives and the Oracle virtualbox-4.2_4.2.8-83876~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb package. Both give the same error, that the kernel module cannot be built because the kernel source tree cannot be found.

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Mike McClain a écrit : > > VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb5" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append correct "root=" boot option; here are available partitions: > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > > Note that there are no 'available partitions' liste

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Dom
On 07/07/12 16:46, Mike McClain wrote: Hi Dom, Thanks for your suggestions and letting me know this is still possible. On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 04:56:10AM +0100, Dom wrote: On 07/07/12 00:08, Mike McClain wrote: Is anyone running a custom kernel without an initrd with udev? Yes

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Dom
On 07/07/12 18:49, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:53:27 -0400 (EDT), Dom wrote: On 07/07/12 16:53, Stephen Powell wrote: It's getting harder and harder to get along without an initrd these days. Why is it so important to you not to use one? As others have pointed out, using a UU

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Mike McClain
Hi Stephen, On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 11:53:58AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm Thanks, I'll take a look at that. Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:53:27 -0400 (EDT), Dom wrote: > On 07/07/12 16:53, Stephen Powell wrote: >> It's getting harder and harder to get along without an initrd these >> days. Why is it so important to you not to use one? As others >> have pointed out, using a UUID or LABEL specification for the

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Mike McClain
Hi Dom, Thanks for your suggestions and letting me know this is still possible. On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 04:56:10AM +0100, Dom wrote: > On 07/07/12 00:08, Mike McClain wrote: > > Is anyone running a custom kernel without an initrd with udev? > > Yes, I am. Although I be

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Mike McClain
ion; here are available partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) Note that there are no 'available partitions' listed though before I reach this point the grub commandline will show that all partitions on both drives are recognized by grub. >

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Dom
On 07/07/12 16:53, Stephen Powell wrote: On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:08:14 -0400 (EDT), Mike McClain wrote: Is anyone running a custom kernel without an initrd with udev? Any tips, pointers will be appreciated. It's getting harder and harder to get along without an initrd these days. Why

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Stephen Powell
ed with > the install. On doing that I discovered that the device files for > the harddrive are created before the drive is mounted. Booting an > 'Etch' partition I see that Squeeze's /dev/ is all but empty when > Squeeze is not running which may have something to do

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-07 Thread Pascal Hambourg
figured, built again for >> several days now. No joy. I've spent hours Googling for any and >> everybody's thoughts on the error: 'Kernel panic - not syncing: >> VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)' with little luck. What are the lines preceding the

Re: custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-06 Thread Dom
he device files for the harddrive are created before the drive is mounted. Booting an 'Etch' partition I see that Squeeze's /dev/ is all but empty when Squeeze is not running which may have something to do with the failure to mount the root partition. Is anyone running a custom

custom kernel without initrd and with udev

2012-07-06 Thread Mike McClain
eated before the drive is mounted. Booting an 'Etch' partition I see that Squeeze's /dev/ is all but empty when Squeeze is not running which may have something to do with the failure to mount the root partition. Is anyone running a custom kernel without an initrd with

Re: Custom Kernel Networking support

2012-02-02 Thread A E [Gmail]
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:17:24 -0500, A E [Gmail] wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > >>> OTOH, I've always thought that lower values for timer frequencies are >>> better for servers... >> >> a faster timer inter

Re: Custom Kernel Networking support

2012-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:17:24 -0500, A E [Gmail] wrote: > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> OTOH, I've always thought that lower values for timer frequencies are >> better for servers... > > a faster timer interrupt, as a I understand, allows for a more precise > and gra

Re: Custom Kernel Networking support

2012-02-02 Thread A E [Gmail]
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> root@v100:/usr/src/linux-2.6-2.6.32# dmesg | egrep -i 'eth|bond' > > (...) > > Bonding? I would first try to setup the ethernet cards separately and > once you have checked they're working okay with no errors, proceed with > bonding. > >>> Whe

Re: Custom Kernel Networking support

2012-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:05:41 -0500, A E [Gmail] wrote: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:12:35 -0500, A E [Gmail] wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> >> Hi, please, no html :-( > > Ok, never heard of that one before, but I have removed Rich-Text > composing opt

Re: Custom Kernel Networking support

2012-02-02 Thread A E [Gmail]
and sorry if this isn't the right forum but > > feel free to tell me where to go if it isn't. > > (thanks for the warning. I'm removing the other list) > > > The question, I was experimenting with creating a custom kernel, lean by > > removing a bunch of featur

Re: Custom Kernel Networking support

2012-02-01 Thread Camaleón
) > The question, I was experimenting with creating a custom kernel, lean by > removing a bunch of features/modules from it, but seemed to have knocked > out the networking from it...in some part. I know I removed only drivers > and/or modules that had to do with WiFi and Wimax etc, but how di

Re: Custom Kernel and Swap

2011-10-04 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Dom wrote: >> On 04/10/11 17:34, Tom H wrote: >>> >>> In menuconfig, "General setup" then "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM >>> disk (initramfs/initrd) support". >> >> Which has nothing to do with swap fles. > > Thanks.

Re: Custom Kernel and Swap

2011-10-04 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Dom wrote: > On 04/10/11 17:34, Tom H wrote: >> >> In menuconfig, "General setup" then "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM >> disk (initramfs/initrd) support". > > Which has nothing to do with swap fles. Thanks. Somehow swap got turned into initramfs in my brain... I'm

Re: Custom Kernel and Swap

2011-10-04 Thread Dom
On 04/10/11 17:34, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: There probably is a kernel configuration option for enabling/disabling swap file support. Make sure you have it set properly. I never mess with it, but I seem to remember running across it during kernel con

Re: Custom Kernel and Swap

2011-10-04 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > There probably is a kernel configuration option for enabling/disabling > swap file support.  Make sure you have it set properly.  I never > mess with it, but I seem to remember running across it during > kernel configuration. In menuconfig

Re: Custom Kernel and Swap

2011-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:14:11 -0500, Brian Sutherland wrote: > Debian (Squeeze) runs with a blank fstab. How is that?! Mine is full of useful things, like swap mount point, partitions and all that "useless" stuff ;-) > I am not sure exactly where the magic is on that but when I upgrade my > k

Re: Custom Kernel and Swap

2011-10-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:14:11 -0400 (EDT), Brian Sutherland wrote: > > Debian (Squeeze) runs with a blank fstab. I am not sure exactly where > the magic is on that but when I upgrade my kernel and use "make-kpkg --initrd" > to put it all together I lose my swap. So I know could add it to the fsta

Custom Kernel and Swap

2011-10-03 Thread Brian Sutherland
Debian (Squeeze) runs with a blank fstab. I am not sure exactly where the magic is on that but when I upgrade my kernel and use make-kpkg --initrd to put it all together I lose my swap. So I know could add it to the fstab to make it work but I am wondering what is set different in my kernel that

Re: Custom Kernel - 32-bit or 64-bit?

2011-04-08 Thread Stan Hoeppner
A E [Gmail] put forth on 4/8/2011 10:58 AM: > #> time nice fakeroot make-kpkg --subarch=sun4u --arch_in_name > --revision=2.6.32-5-Cust001 --initrd kernel_image > The question is, if I allowed it to slap on the arch in name automatically > and it ended up calling it 'sparc', does that mean it's c

Custom Kernel - 32-bit or 64-bit?

2011-04-08 Thread A E [Gmail]
Hello All, I've made a first attempt at trying to change some config of the stock kernel for squeeze on sparc64. Went through the instructions found somewhere on the net and on the debian wiki, and have ended up with a kernel package. Command used was: #> time nice fakeroot make-kpkg --subarch=su

Re: Installing Debian using custom kernel

2010-03-09 Thread Tushar Joshi
out at: > http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Tushar Joshi wrote: > > > > I've just bought a new Dell R410 and it seems the Broadcom ethernet and > > the H700 raid card aren't supported with Lenny's CD netinst. I've > &

Re: Installing Debian using custom kernel

2010-03-09 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
: > > I've just bought a new Dell R410 and it seems the Broadcom ethernet and > the H700 raid card aren't supported with Lenny's CD netinst. I've > created a custom kernel but I wonder if anyone has any pointers on how > to create an initrd image for this and put this on a

Installing Debian using custom kernel

2010-03-09 Thread Tushar Joshi
I've just bought a new Dell R410 and it seems the Broadcom ethernet and the H700 raid card aren't supported with Lenny's CD netinst. I've created a custom kernel but I wonder if anyone has any pointers on how to create an initrd image for this and put this on a netinst CD. I&#

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-27 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:53:55 -0600 Stan Hoeppner wrote: ... > Have you tried pressing "H" for Help, on each feature or feature class? Note > what help tells you. In many/most cases Help will assist you in figuring out > whether you need a given feature or not. Many - certainly. Most, perhaps

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-27 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 27 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > I do have ecryptfs & a Private filesystem, but ecryptfs was under file > > systems ( I think..) I did find that. > > Have you tried pressing "H" for Help, on each feature or feature class? >  Note what help tells you.  In many/most cases Help will a

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/26/2009 5:32 AM: > this DELL box is my first PC with SATA. When I opened it up a while back to > add a 2nd HD, THAT is when I found out it was SATA, and my old drives > wouldn't work! but I don't remember looking at the CDROM cables.. Sounds like the perfect time

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/26/2009 6:47 AM: > On Fri December 25 2009, Celejar wrote: >> Absolutely. I'm just warning you to be prepared for a lot of very >> frustrating "why can't the kernel find my root filesystem?" and "why >> has this piece of HW / SW suddenly stopped working". >> > > ok

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-26 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri December 25 2009, Celejar wrote: > Absolutely.  I'm just warning you to be prepared for a lot of very > frustrating "why can't the kernel find my root filesystem?" and "why > has this piece of HW / SW suddenly stopped working". yeah, found that one... something about can't boot from (0,0)..

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-26 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat December 26 2009, Celejar wrote: > > kernel hacking?? > > Various options that control the behavior of the kernel, for debugging, > testing, troubleshooting, etc.  You can generally ignore this section > and turn things off, although there are some useful things there (Magic > SysRq, various

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-26 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:47:10 -0500 Paul Cartwright wrote: ... [Warning: I'm no expert, so take everything I write with a grain of salt.] > kernel hacking?? Various options that control the behavior of the kernel, for debugging, testing, troubleshooting, etc. You can generally ignore this sect

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-26 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri December 25 2009, Celejar wrote: > Absolutely.  I'm just warning you to be prepared for a lot of very > frustrating "why can't the kernel find my root filesystem?" and "why > has this piece of HW / SW suddenly stopped working". > ok, so it gets deep in those menus... network, device drivers

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-26 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri December 25 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > 18MB?  Yikes!  Am I reading that correctly?  My latest custom kernel is: > > -rw-r--r--  1 root src  1.5M Dec  8 13:29 > linux-image-2.6.31.1_custom.greer.sata.1.3_i386.deb ok, so I go through and delete stuff ( make menuconfig). When

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-26 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri December 25 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 18548960 2009-12-25 05:58 > > linux-image-2.6.31.9_custom.1.0_i386.deb > > 18MB?  Yikes!  Am I reading that correctly?  My latest custom kernel is: > > -rw-r--r--  1 root src  1.5M De

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/25/2009 6:56 PM: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18548960 2009-12-25 05:58 > linux-image-2.6.31.9_custom.1.0_i386.deb 18MB? Yikes! Am I reading that correctly? My latest custom kernel is: -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 1.5M Dec 8 13:29 linux

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri December 25 2009, Celejar wrote: > > How about: build a kernel with everything as modules, boot it, look at > > the output of lsmod, then build a kernel with (at least) those modules? > > Probably a good idea, but note that connecting kernel module names with > the relevant kernel config opt

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri December 25 2009, Celejar wrote: > Absolutely.  I'm just warning you to be prepared for a lot of very > frustrating "why can't the kernel find my root filesystem?" and "why > has this piece of HW / SW suddenly stopped working". right.. I get it.. > > One thing I'd recommend, although I've

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri December 25 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > You've just passed the first milestone, and seem to be continuing down the > right path in your kernel building journey. :) after editing that file, and doing the steps, I now have my first custom kernel: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18548

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:35:59 -0500 Tony Nelson wrote: > On 09-12-25 09:04:42, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:07:55 -0500 > ... > > > this is the "learning" part.. knowing what you need, what you MIGHT > > > need, and what you don't have to have to make it work.. > > > > Absolutely.

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-12-25 09:04:42, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:07:55 -0500 ... > > this is the "learning" part.. knowing what you need, what you MIGHT > > need, and what you don't have to have to make it work.. > > Absolutely. I'm just warning you to be prepared for a lot of very > frustrating "w

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:07:55 -0500 Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu December 24 2009, Celejar wrote: > > > relating to doing so.  When compiling one's first custom kernel one > > > should start with _ONLY_ the functionality one needs.  Then build things > >

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/25/2009 4:07 AM: > this is the "learning" part.. knowing what you need, what you MIGHT need, and > what you don't have to have to make it work.. You've just passed the first milestone, and seem to be continuing down the right path in your kernel building journey.

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu December 24 2009, Celejar wrote: > > relating to doing so.  When compiling one's first custom kernel one > > should start with _ONLY_ the functionality one needs.  Then build things > > up from there as you need more abilities from you kernel. ;) > > But I

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu December 24 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > make[1]: Leaving directory > > `/home/pbc/Documents/software/linux-2.6.31.9/linux-2.6.31.9/Documentation > >/lguest' make: *** [debian/stamp/build/kernel] Error 2 > > http://cakebox.homeunix.net/wordpress/?p=100 THAT I can follow! my googling didn'

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-24 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:53:31 -0600 Stan Hoeppner wrote: ... > relating to doing so. When compiling one's first custom kernel one should > start > with _ONLY_ the functionality one needs. Then build things up from there as > you > need more abilities from you kernel.

Re: building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
If you don't actually plan on running this kernel/machine as a hypervisor/host for guest operating systems, then in make menuconfig unselect any kernel options relating to doing so. When compiling one's first custom kernel one should start with _ONLY_ the functionality one needs. Then

building a custom kernel-WAS: Re: USB disk shows up late at boot

2009-12-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Tue December 22 2009, Celejar wrote: > Exactly.  And you can turn off all the sound card and video drivers > except the one(s) you actually need, and the same for networking hw, > etc. so I was reading this: http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm which is about the same.. I ran these comm

Re: trouble with custom kernel

2009-06-18 Thread Jeffrey Cao
> > Temporarily rename /lib/firmware/mts_edge.fw to something else (eg. > /lib/firmware/mts_edge.fw.old) and reinstall 2.6.30 > No, you can't just rename the file. The package installation information is kept in the database. Try "--force-overwrite" option to dpkg. Jeffrey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: trouble with custom kernel

2009-06-16 Thread David A. Parker
Bernd Prager wrote: Hi, I have been building custom kernels for my system a while now. Recently I run into trouble that I haven't experienced before: I build my kernel with: $ make menuconfig $ make-kpkg clean $ fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_header

Re: trouble with custom kernel

2009-06-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-06-16 16:45 +0200, Bernd Prager wrote: > I have been building custom kernels for my system a while now. > Recently I run into trouble that I haven't experienced before: > > I build my kernel with: > $ make menuconfig > $ make-kpkg clean > $ fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-

Re: trouble with custom kernel

2009-06-16 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2009/6/16 Bernd Prager : > Hi, > > I have been building custom kernels for my system a while now. > Recently I run into trouble that I haven't experienced before: > > I build my kernel with: > $ make menuconfig > $ make-kpkg clean > $ fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_i

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