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IamfromIvashkovo

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Registered: 2006-08-16

Posts: 33

Kernel compilation using ABS

Hello everybody,
I am trying to study kernel compilation using ABS. The starting point is-I have my own config file which make for me monolitic kernel (without modules outside). So, when I am trying to use pacman -Syu  I get the kernel with a lot of modules and which is not working in my system (because of GRUB configuration). I mean I do not know how to install the new kernel using pacman and my own config-file. I decide make compilation using ABS system. The same problem. I can 't find any clue at the wiki manuals how to make compilation with MY config file. When I copy my config to /var/abs/kernel/kernel26  I get the massage
config file wrong.
How to upgrade kernel  time to time using my own config?
Thanks a lot
Arch is great!

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: Kernel compilation using ABS

...When I copy my config to /var/abs/kernel/kernel26  I get the massage
config file wrong.

this is the right way. you get a md5sum error. to solve this run makepkg -g and replace the md5sum with the one in the pkgbuild. then makepkg should go through.

IamfromIvashkovo

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Registered: 2006-08-16

Posts: 33

Re: Kernel compilation using ABS

Thanks a lot.One more question. Should it be .config or config?
(I mean with or without  point before the name "config").

AndyRTR

Developer

From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: Kernel compilation using ABS

without the dot.  look into the pkgbuild where it is renamed:

  cat ../config | sed "s|#CARCH#|$carch|g" >./.config

IamfromIvashkovo

Member

Registered: 2006-08-16

Posts: 33

Re: Kernel compilation using ABS

Many thanks. Solved using
makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD
and then edit md5sum inside.