Re: Debian way of compiling a kernel.

2011-02-10 Thread Arthur Machlas
Ughn.. think google just discarded my post instead of sending. Don't want to retype; but here's the link: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Debian way of compiling a kernel.

2011-02-10 Thread Jochen Schulz
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.: > > If you just want a .deb to install, I've heard there's a makefile target in > the kernel tarball that works fine. I believe but can't confirm that the > .debs generated by the makefile in the kernel tarball will properly invoke > the postint scripts that are used to

Re: Debian way of compiling a kernel.

2011-02-10 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-10 09:18 +0100, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > If you just want a .deb to install, I've heard there's a makefile target in > the kernel tarball that works fine. That target is called deb-pkg, i.e. you type "make deb-pkg" and get a nice Debian package. > I believe but can't confirm t

Re: Debian way of compiling a kernel.

2011-02-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110209223754.5fa03...@ws82.int.tlc>, Dan Serban wrote: >I ask. What is the "real" ... "accepted" ... and "suggested" method that I >follow, I don't understand why kernel-package looks deprecated, or what >have you, but any information would be appreciated. If you want to use Debian's config

Debian way of compiling a kernel.

2011-02-09 Thread Dan Serban
Ages ago, when amd64 wasn't part of the debian collection, I used to compile kernels myself using make-kpkg. This worked wonderfully, when I had to debug driver patches etc. (all is now of course stable). Since then I've forgotten this process, but this is not my problem. I wanted to test a fix