Re: Learning about the Kernal

From	Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Learning about the Kernal
Date	2015-03-20 20:33 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<mei079$1l7$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> ruben safir <dont@email.me> wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:17:40 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> 
>> > ruben safir <dont@email.me> writes:
>> > 
>> >> On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:03:39 +0000, William Unruh wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> But where did y ou get the Makefile from?
>> >>
>> >> in the source of kernel.org
>> > 
>> > Ah, don't go that way.
>> > 
>> > Well, I wouldn't.
>> > 
>> > Get a distro.
>> > Then use the distro's tools to download and make the kernel.
> 
>> have you ever run systems with kernels from Kernel.org before?  Do you 
>> know how to do that?
> 
> With Slackware it involves:
> 
>  1) download desired kernel from kernel.org
>  2) extract the tarball (typically into /usr/src/)
>  3) run either:
>    3a) make config
>    3b) make oldconfig (after copying old .config file into
>        /usr/src/new-kernel-dir/)
>    3c) make menuconfig (if you prefer menus)
>  3) make
>  4) make modules
>  5) make modules-install
>  6) normally a make install 'could' be run here, but I always
>     manually copy the kernel binary and symbols file and link the
>     kernel binary into lilo as yet one more bootable kernal entry. 
>     The kernel makefile install target overwrites the standard install
>     name for the kernel, which if that happens to be the kernel you
>     are booting from (with Slackware it is), then if the new kernel
>     does not work for some reason (usually means you forgot to enable
>     a critical driver in step 3), overwriting it will leave you with a
>     non-bootable system.

You could always write a custom install script. Make install looks for
'installkernel' in /root/bin and IIRC /sbin, if it finds it, make
install uses that in preference to its own install recipe.

> 
> Note that there are times where kernel changes need user mode library
> support, so trying to compile and run a 4.x kernel on a system that
> originally shipped with a 2.2 or 2.6 kernel is not likely to work out
> well by itself.  So there is a built in limit on how far ahead one can
> go with "desired kernel" above without also having to upgrade other
> parts as well.
>

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Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-14 19:59 -0400
  Re: Learning about the Kernal Xavier Roche <xroche@free.fr.NOSPAM.invalid> - 2015-03-15 11:11 +0100
    Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben <nowhere@nowhere.nor> - 2015-03-15 21:14 +0000
      Re: Learning about the Kernal Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-03-16 10:02 +0200
        Re: Learning about the Kernal Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn@panix.com> - 2015-03-17 00:18 +0000
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-03-16 20:53 -0700
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 05:14 +0000
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 05:23 +0000
      Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-16 21:58 -0400
        Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 05:21 +0000
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-17 10:51 +0000
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-17 09:10 -0400
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-17 14:12 -0400
              Re: Learning about the Kernal William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-17 19:03 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 19:08 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-17 15:17 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-20 01:06 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-19 23:52 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-20 10:52 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-20 20:33 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-04-20 09:48 -0400
              Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-17 15:08 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-18 03:36 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-18 10:09 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-20 01:04 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-20 10:58 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-20 09:22 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-20 18:39 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-20 20:04 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-20 21:10 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 05:03 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-20 18:42 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-20 15:31 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 05:13 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-21 09:13 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben <nowhere@nowhere.nor> - 2015-03-21 14:40 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-03-21 12:20 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 19:54 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> - 2015-03-21 17:56 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 19:56 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-03-21 16:18 +0000
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-03-17 16:10 +0200
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-17 14:06 -0400
              Re: Learning about the Kernal William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-17 19:00 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2015-03-17 19:05 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-03-17 14:17 -0700
                Re: Learning about the Kernal William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-19 06:04 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 08:45 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 08:20 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-21 16:09 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 20:10 +0000
              Re: Learning about the Kernal Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-03-17 22:39 +0200
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-03-18 03:35 +0000
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 08:47 +0000
              Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-21 20:19 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 20:30 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-22 20:05 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-23 01:16 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-23 20:27 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-25 02:57 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-25 02:59 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-25 20:59 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-04-20 09:44 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 00:07 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-22 00:07 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 01:13 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-22 03:11 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 04:20 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-22 13:19 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-22 15:13 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 21:52 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-22 20:13 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 22:01 +0100
              Re: Learning about the Kernal Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-03-23 04:02 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-23 05:13 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben <ceo@iran.gov> - 2015-04-12 13:03 +0000
      Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 05:18 +0000
      Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-17 01:52 -0400

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