On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 05:04:39PM -0700, Alan Connor wrote: > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 23 17:03:33 2003 > > Hi all, > > > > Just recompiled my kernel to make it a little leaner, and add ACPI and > > ALSA. Couple of minor points, not really problems. > > > > 1. I need to use the bcm5700.o module. This isn't part of the > > distribution, so I had to reboot the new kernel, rebuild the > > module, and manually copy the file to /lib/modules/<new-kernel>/... Can > > I automate this process? I have a feeling I can put the source > > directory into /usr/src/modules, but I'm not sure. > > > > 2. I use initrd for a RAID module to mount /. My initrd was created by > > the Debian installer (/boot/initrd.debinstall). The new one that was > > created after the make-kpkg --initrd didn't include the module. I've > > fudged it by editing lilo.conf to use the previous initrd. I don't > > think this is a problem, as I only ever need this one module loaded in > > my initrd, but what is the way to make make-kpkg build the necessary > > module into the new initrd? > > > > Antony > > > > Antony, > > I think you need something like this: > > make-kpkg --initrd --revision=3:custom.2.0 kernel_image > > HTH >
That's pretty much what I did. make-kpkg --append-to-version=.20030723 --initrd kernel_image modules_image Only thing is that I used --append-to-version instead of revision. Does this make any difference to my original questions? Antony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
