[KLUG Members] kernel build question

[Ron Sweeney]

Thanks Todd!

Im a hair smarter and now the proud owner of a piping hot kernel (where I
want it).

On 9/22/05, Todd Pillars <todd at terralabs.com> wrote:
>
> Ron Sweeney wrote:
> > Im trying to build a 2.6.11 kernel on a 2.6.9 box (Fedora Core).
> >
> > I downloaded the source from kernel.org <http://kernel.org> <
> http://kernel.org/> and can
> > successfully build and install the kernel locally, however im building
> > it for "external" purposes to the 2.6.9 box.
> >
> > In particularly I just want to build the modules for the kernel.
> >
> > on my 2.6.9 box, I have a directory /lib/modules/2.6.9.... when I run
> > make modules, things work, but its not creating this directory....
> >
> > for purposes of what I am trying to accomplish, which is a zen based
> > linux image kernel with nothing more than CIFS enabled, I need the
> > /lib/modules/2.6.11 structure, and in particularly modules.dep
> >
> > what am I missing... ????
> A couple of things.
>
> First, you (should) need to set your EXTRAVERSION="something unique" in
> the Makefile for your new kernel tree.
>
> Second, you can build the kernel as a normal user and send the bzImage
> to a specific directory with
> O= (capital o)
>
> From the README, hmmm wonder why they call it that? :)
> <snip>
> To configure and build the kernel use:
> cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.N
> make O=/home/name/build/kernel menuconfig
> make O=/home/name/build/kernel
> sudo make O=/home/name/build/kernel modules_install install
>
> Please note: If the 'O=output/dir' option is used then it must be
> used for all invocations of make.
> </snip>
>
> Third, notice the above with kernel > 2.6 you need an extra step
>
> make modules
> becomes
> make modules_install
>
> The EXTRAVERSION will keep the modules seperate from your install kernel
> modules
>
> Hope this helps
> Todd
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