Re: how to test the vanilla kernel

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On Jun 22, 2014 8:07 PM, "AYAN KUMAR HALDER" <ayankumarh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Sudip Mukherjee
> <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Jun 22, 2014 5:57 PM, "shubham k" <skaushal.lk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Gurus,
> >>
> >> I have virtual m/c with ubuntu linux-kernel 3.2.xx. Suppose I made any fix
> >> in latest kernel say 3.16-rcx and want to test those changes. How i should
> >> go about it? I am thinking to compile the modified kernel 3.16-rcx and
> >> install it like standard procedure (make, make modules, make
> >> modules_install, make install)
> A small addition. You need to update the grub to be able to see the
> new kernel entry in the boot options.
> I believe there is no need to change the run level as the latest
> kernel should work with the default gui run level (5). I have done the
> same for kernel 3.14
>
> Regards.
> Ayan Kumar Halder

i think "make install" will also update the grub configuration and will also create initial ram disc if needed .. atleast in ubuntu it does.

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