Also my compiler is saying things like , cyclomatic complexity followed by (i think) the parts it is compiling like driver names . Also it has been two hours since it started compiling and it isn't done yet . Is it because I ran $make instead $make -jx ? It was by mistake . On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:28 AM, srishti sharma <srishtishar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks, I am running ubuntu 16.04 LTS > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:17 AM, Amit Kumar <free.amit.kumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 03:39:18AM +0530, srishti sharma wrote: >>> Hey, >>> I am an absolute newbie , I tried to clone greg kroah-hartman's >>> staging tree repository , somehow I was not able to boot in the kernel >>> I built . >>> >>> Also, Does this command below give me the latest kernel code ? >>> >>> I have tried to clone another repository using the command below >>> >>> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git >>> >>> >>> while building with this , I had to install gcc plugin-dev . I don't >>> understand why ? >>> I didn't have to do it last time I built the kernel >> You may use this link, >> https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html >> In summary, first you clone main upstream tree then add linux-next tree. >> Whenever you want to create a patch, create a topic branch from the >> latest next-* tag. >> >> Regards, >> Amit Kumar >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Kernelnewbies mailing list >>> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
