On 1/7/07, Badai Aqrandista <badaiaqrandista@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, I am using debian testing to learn linux kernel programming. How do I compile a vanilla kernel without making the system unusable? I tried copying the .config file that comes with the running kernel but 'make oldconfig' can't compile properly, due to missing symbols etc.
Tell how are you compiling and what error you are getting ? As if you are compiling vanilla kernel and copy the config file found in /boot/config-xxxxxx in compilation directory as .config __then__ when you run "make oldconfig" it can only give warnings (not error) and asks for those options only which are not in your previous config file (any additional options defined in old config file will be ignored).
Do the kernel hackers use distribution at all? How do you develop the kernel without breaking the dependecies from the user space libraries and applications?
Almost all kernel developers/hackers use distributions which might be self-made or any available distribution. -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
