Arch Linux

EAD

Member

Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

A little question about compiling my kernel

Hii, I want to take all the files from the Kernel-Beyond CVS and make my own config, so I have add the "make xconfig" line there, but after it loads the menu and I edit everything and save it, it doesn't save it for me, What can I do?

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: A little question about compiling my kernel

make xconfig will save your new config as $startdir/src/linux-2.6.16/.config. The original config from CVS will remain untouched in $startdir/src/config.

Does that help?

EAD

Member

Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: A little question about compiling my kernel

amm, but when I do compile, I want to use my new config, that I have made with make xconfig, How can I do it?

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: A little question about compiling my kernel

$startdir/src/linux-2.6.16/.config is the right place for your config file - the only place, actually. If you take a close look at the beyond PKGBUILD, you will see that the config file in $startdir/src is copied to $startdir/src/linux-2.6.16/.config before the build actually starts. By adding make xconfig, you have simply added the facility to amend it before the build starts.

So you're already doing it right.

EAD

Member

Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: A little question about compiling my kernel

So, what I was doing by checkin the config file that it download from the net, isn't the right one it will use?
and BTW, I dont understand everything on the config, Where can I find some more about things like all kinds of options there?

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: A little question about compiling my kernel

You need the config file from CVS as your starting point - trust me, you really don't want to configure the entire kernel from scratch.

If you want to read all about it, go to $startdir/src/linux-2.6.16/Documentation - and Google, of course.

EAD

Member

Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: A little question about compiling my kernel

Tanx, you help me a lot:)