[TriLUG] Kernel Question

[crimsun at fungus.sh.nu]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 02:23:53PM -0500, Mark Fowle wrote:
> I am trying to build a new kernel (RHLE 3) - This was a fresh install,
> so I run make oldconfig, made a change to the .config file to include
> TUN -- did make dep, clean, bzImage and then make modules.  It failed.
> I cleared it all (make clean, the make mrproper), make oldconfig and
> tried to build the existing kernel without any modifications and it too
> fails in the make modules stage.  Am I missing something?

I'm not entirely familiar with RH's placement of kernel configs in 2.4,
but if there is a copy in /boot/config-`uname -r` or /proc/config.gz,
I would copy that over to your kernel-source directory before you
begin. Something along the lines of:

$ cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
# make mrproper
# cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
# make oldconfig
# make menuconfig  -> then modify the option for TUN, save, and exit
# make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install  -> then move
     the new vmlinuz into place per usual and update your bootloader
     as necessary

I believe the problem is that by only modifying .config, you're not
also modifying the rules structure. 2.4's kbuild system is bass
ackwards; 2.6's is much more sane.

-- 
Daniel T. Chen          crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
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