Morning all,
Tonight I'll be trying the kernel compile again, but before I do, I want to bounce the changes off you wonderful, helping people.
-1: Start with fresh install of FC1 (2.4.22-1.2115) 0: Insert desired version number where x.x.x is present. 1: Get desired kernel and extract it. 2: "mv /scratch/directory/linux-x.x.x /usr/src" 3: "cd /usr/src/linux-x.x.x" 4: Copy .config from old kernel to /usr/src/linux-x.x.x Since first compile since initial install, use config file found in /boot. 5: "make oldconfig" (Keep the stuff that works, and only answer new questions) 6: "make xconfig" (Make sure kernel options for Prism54 are set properly) 7: "make dep" 8: "make clean"
You don't need to do this. Sometimes you might need to do this if you'd compiled a kernel before, but you are really better off doing a make mrproper earlier on.
9: "make bzImage"
10: "cp /arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-x.x.x"
11: "ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-x.x.x /boot/vmlinuz-x.x.x-new-kernel"
12: "make modules"
13: "make modules_install"
14: "make install" 15: Edit /etc/rc.sysinit and change '/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe' to
/sbin/modprobe'.
16: "shutdown -r now"
17: After rebooting, and selecting new kernel option, type "uname -r" to
verify the new kernel is running.
So, whaddya think?
You should put a note that they should do the following steps before compiling again with different config options, or after patching. This use to cause me trouble time and again. (Now I just use an alias.)
-cp .config config.bak
-make mrproper
alias ck='/bin/cp .config 1 &&make mrproper && /bin/cp 1 .config && make oldconfig dep && make -j 2 bzImage modules && make modules_install && make install'
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