On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 08:03:29PM -0500, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > > Is the 'source kernel-image-2.4.17' what I am supposed to be building > > from? If so, why is there no '.config' in there? Where do I get the > > '.config' from? > > You make it yourself by running make menuconfig or make xconfig. I > strongly suggest take your time in this step or you will end up with a > broken kernel. Also make xconfig is nicer and recommended if you have X > running, though the two are very similar.
I can get around faster in menuconfig (no mousey :) > > Now assuming I get answers to these questions, can someone please verify > > the the following would be how I build this source into a kernel package? > > > > <apply customization> > > patch kernel && 'make menuconfig' to customize kernel configuration. > > Why do you want to patch the kernel? FreeSWAN, the debian kernel-patch-freeswan does not work the "debian" way, so I downloaded the source from freeswans website and just applied the patch that way. The userspace utils (like pluto) i am using from the debian package 'freeswan'. This way, when I have built the kernel as a deb package, I am still using only debian packages (since the freeswan patch was only a step to building the kernel). > > <build kernel package> > > gateway:/usr/src/linux# make-kpkg --revision=gateway.1 --initrd buildpackage > > I was in a rather similar position to you last Christmas, when I wanted to > build a kernel but had never done before. My advice to you is to do the > following: Thanks for your reccomended reading. However, just so you know, I have been building kernels for years. Actually THAT was alot easier than learning how to do all this the "debian" way I think. :) And building a kernel package seems to have been streamlined to avoid problems. It's even harder to build a userspace package I think. :) -- Nick Jennings
