2008/10/9 Phil C <hpypenguin.lists@xxxxxxxxx>: > I am having two issues with compiling my kernel. I am using 2.6.26 source. > > The first issue has to do with config and mkinitramfs. I have been > messing with kernel to see what happens in different situations and I > can't figure out why my expectation is different from the outcome > here. The steps I'm using are; > > make mrproper > > make allmodconfig > > make > > make modules_install > > make install > > mkinitramfs-kpkg -o /boot/img-2.6.26 2.6.26 > > I anticipate the outcome to be that I will have all drivers loaded as > modules yet my wireless network card won't work. I was under the > impression that mkinitramfs without options would load all modules at > boot, is this not the case? If not what steps would I need to take to > ensure that all modules are loaded at boot. the modules loaded at boot are controlled by /etc/modules (or /etc/modules.conf), not by initramfs. please have a look at man modules or man modules.conf > The other issue is with patching. I am attempting to patch the source > with the -5 patch using the command; > > patch -p1 < patch-2.6.26-5.tar.gz > > from the top level of the source tree. I get an error saying that the > entire patch is garbage. I checked the man page for patch already and > didn't see anything to suggest that I was doing the wrong thing here > so I'm pretty confused on this one. well, you file is gzipped, try : bzcat patch-2.6.26-5.tar.gz | patch -p1 or gunzip --stdout patch-2.6.26-5.tar.gz | patch -p1 > Thanks in advance for the help > > - Phil C richard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
