Hello list, I need to compile my own kernels to enable SMP and get SCSI support for my card so, after consulting the HOWTO and reading some recent postings about kernel compiling, what I've been doing is:
1. Rename/move my existing (/usr/src/) kernel-source-x.x.x, kernel-headers-x.x.x and linux directories, and kernel-source.x.x.x.tar.bz2 file. 2. Rename/move my existing /boot/bzImage and /boot/System.map 3. Install the kernel-source and kernel-headers packages (currently 2.2.15-2), creating a new /usr/src/kernel-headers-x.x.x directory and a kernel-source-x.x.x.tar.bz2 file 4. Unpack the kernel-source.x.x.x.tar.bz2 using "bzcat kern*.bz2 | tar xvf -" to create a new kernel-source-x.x.x directory. 5. Copy the new kernel-source-x.x.x directory to a new linux directory - /usr/src/linux 6. cd into /usr/src/linux 7. make clean 8. make xconfig 9. make dep 10. make bzImage 11. make modules 12. make modules_install 13. Copy /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot and the DOS partition where I use loadlin. 14. Copy /usr/src/linux/System.map to /boot/System.map This seems to work ok - SMP is enabled and the SCSI controller works - but during the load process, immediately after "Calculating module dependencies" I get a lot of "insmod *** unresolved symbols in lib/modules/x.x.x/misc/abcde messages displayed. I haven't been able to find a log in /var/log/ that shows these messages and they go by pretty quick, but they all appear to refer to stuff that I didn't select when I went through the make xconfig step, like irda and floppy tape. Other than that, the kernel seems stable and works ok, but I'm obviously doing something wrong. Also, I've heard that gcc 2.95 shouldn't be used for compiling kernels - I've got both 2.95 and 2.7.2 installed - how do I specify that gcc 2.7.2 should be used instead of 2.95, which I assume is being used - I can't see any versions displayed when I run the makes so I'm not sure and the HOWTO didn't say anything (I think it was for older kernels anyway and probably out of date for 2.2) TIA LeeE -- http://www.spatial.freeserve.co.uk ...or something
