(I'm posting again because, for some reason, my emails are not getting to
the mail list. Sorry about that.)

Hi all,

I've seen a lot of traffic lately about how to compile a fresh kernel, from
debian ou vanilla, in this list. After the changes in make-kpkg and
kernel-package, I'm now completely lost. Before the changes, I just had to
issue make-kpkg with --initrd (and others) flags, and 1) the kernel was
compiled, 2) a initrd was created, 3) a debian package was created, both for
image and headers, and after installation, 4) grub (1 or 2!) was updated
with the proper lines for the kernel and the initrd. But no more. Either the
initrd is not created, or when it's created it is not included on grub, or
the kernel dies with the VFS error.

I also noted that the README, man pages and Changelog of the kernel-package
are not synchronized, and I've could't find on google a good howto or at
least a man page that describes a way to reproduce the easy 1-2-3-4 from
above (I don't need to mess with package creation or portability - I just
want to compile a plain kernel on my laptop to try to get rid of the
firmware-iwlwifi bug that plagues the Intel 5300AGN). Could a good soul
point to me a howto or the steps necessary to redo the old make-kpkg way, at
least for a kernel.org kernel?

Thank you

Ivan

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