On 06/19/2009 11:17 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
john wendel wrote:
On 06/19/2009 06:10 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
[snip]
BTW,
If kernel.org releases 2.6.30.1, Are there any delta *.tar.gz's that
one can download instead of downloading
the full kernel source again to update to 2.6.30.1? I have been
yearning to ask this question, but never had the
courage or the determination to do so. I generally follow Fedora
kernels, but sometimes I get eager to run
the latest and greatest. I run rawhide too, but they are at
2.6.30-6.fc12. Someone told me that there were patches
that one could download and recompile to get the latest version, but
they don't tell me how and there does not seem to
exist documentation as to how to do it. All of this in case Fedora
stays a little bit behind, they are doing the right
thing though testing and making sure that the kernels work :), and
that the changes upstream do not affect the endusers in a bad way.
Regards,
Antonio
How to patch the Linux kernel
Download the latest patch file for the kernel you're running - You'll
see it on the kernel.org website.
Put the patch file in the directory with the original, unpatched
kernel source. Run "make mrproper". Run bunzip to uncompress the patch
file. Run patch -P1 < "patch-file-name"
Now your kernel is patched to the latest version. Do your kernel build.
Having done a full clean, you need a config file, so 'defconfig' or
'allmod' or whatever is appropriate. If I have built a config with the
crud out, I generally save the config (or just make clean) and then make
the config to set any new options.
Very much why I want to have a tool to build only the modules I need,
even on a four CPU system with big memory and fast disk a full build
fails the breath test (can you hold your breath while it builds).
Right about the config file. I always keep a copy of the config file in
the build directory, outside the kernel directory.
The real problem I've had with building a custom kernel is not hardware
related, it's software related. There are lots of hidden dependencies in
useland code that can break if you don't build in the right set of
kernel features. I don't know how to solve this one. I just start with a
very minimal configuration and build, test, and repeat until everything
I'm interested in works. I'm currently trying to build 2.6.30 on F11 to
boot without a ramdisk (no modules). So far, no luck.
Luckily, I enjoy this crap.
John
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