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#1 2009-10-02 01:40:55

brando56894
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From: NYC
Registered: 2008-08-03
Posts: 681

[Solved] Kernel26Parallel Uses make menuconfig

I want to compile a new kernel so I can increase my performance and boot time (already knocked it down from 24 seconds to 15 seconds by tweaking rc.conf, inittab,etc...) and I want to do a parallel install for testing and benchmarking purposes. Ive edited the pkgbuild for it and told it to use xconfig but no matter what it always uses the ncurses based menuconfig which is really annoying IMO and I cant seem to remedy it. Heres the edited pkgbuild:

# $Id: PKGBUILD 23223 2009-01-06 10:22:31Z tpowa $
# Maintainer: Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
# Maintainer: Thomas Baechler <thomas@archlinux.org>
# -ARCHparallel rename: methuselah <newb@nerdshack.com>
# Contributor: kludge <drkludge@rat-patrol.org>
pkgname=kernel26parallel
_basekernel=2.6.31
pkgver=${_basekernel}.1
pkgrel=1
_patchname="patch-${pkgver}-1-ARCH"
pkgdesc="The Linux Kernel and modules - parallel install for custom builds"
arch=(i686 x86_64)
license=('GPL2')
groups=('base')
url="http://www.kernel.org"
backup=(etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.preset)
depends=('coreutils' 'module-init-tools' 'mkinitcpio>=0.5.20' 'kernel26-firmware>=2.6.29')
makedepends=('patch')
# pwc, ieee80211 and hostap-driver26 modules are included in kernel26 now
# nforce package support was abandoned by nvidia, kernel modules should cover everything now.
# kernel24 support is dropped since glibc24
replaces=('kernel24' 'kernel24-scsi' 'kernel26-scsi'
          'alsa-driver' 'ieee80211' 'hostap-driver26'
          'pwc' 'nforce' 'squashfs' 'unionfs' 'ivtv'
          'zd1211' 'kvm-modules' 'iwlwifi' 'rt2x00-cvs'
          'gspcav1' 'atl2' 'wlan-ng26')
install=${pkgname}.install
source=(ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-$_basekernel.tar.bz2
        ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/kernel26/${_patchname}.bz2
    config
        config.x86_64
        kernel26parallel.preset
    kernel26parallel.install)
optdepends=('crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country')
md5sums=('')

build() {
  KARCH=x86

  cd ${srcdir}/linux-$_basekernel
  # Add -ARCH patches
  # See http://projects.archlinux.org/git/?p=linux-2.6-ARCH.git;a=summary

  patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/${_patchname} || return 1

  if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
    cat ../config.x86_64 >./.config
  else
    cat ../config >./.config
  fi

  # get kernel version  

  make prepare
  _kernver="$(make kernelrelease)"

  # load configuration
  # to configure your kernel during during the build process, 
  # uncomment your preferred configuration method and comment
  # 'yes "" | make config'.
  #
  # make menuconfig
  make xconfig
  # make gconfig
  # make oldconfig
  # yes "" | make config

  # build!
  ####################
  # stop here
  # this is useful to configure the kernel
  # msg "Stopping build"
  # return 1
  ####################
  make bzImage modules || return 1
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/{lib/modules,boot}
  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${pkgdir} modules_install || return 1
  cp System.map ${pkgdir}/boot/System.map26parallel
  cp arch/$KARCH/boot/bzImage ${pkgdir}/boot/vmlinuz26parallel
  install -D -m644 Makefile \
    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/Makefile
  install -D -m644 kernel/Makefile \
    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/kernel/Makefile
  install -D -m644 .config \
    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.config
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include

  for i in acpi asm-{generic,x86} config linux math-emu media net pcmcia scsi sound video; do
    cp -a include/$i ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
  done

  # copy arch includes for external modules
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/x86
  cp -a arch/x86/include ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/x86/

  # copy files necessary for later builds, like nvidia and vmware
  cp Module.symvers ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  cp -a scripts ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  # fix permissions on scripts dir
  chmod og-w -R ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/scripts
  #mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.tmp_versions

  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel

  cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
  if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then
    cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32.cpu ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
  fi
  cp arch/$KARCH/kernel/asm-offsets.s ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel/

  # add headers for lirc package
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video
  cp drivers/media/video/*.h  ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/
  for i in bt8xx cpia2 cx25840 cx88 em28xx et61x251 pwc saa7134 sn9c102 usbvideo zc0301; do
   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
   cp -a drivers/media/video/$i/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
  done
  # add dm headers
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
  cp drivers/md/*.h  ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
  # add inotify.h
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux
  cp include/linux/inotify.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux/
  # add CLUSTERIP file for iptables
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/ipv4/netfilter/
  # add wireless headers
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
  cp net/mac80211/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
  # add dvb headers for external modules
  # in reference to:
  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9912
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core
  cp drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/
  # add dvb headers for external modules
  # in reference to:
  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11194
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/config/dvb/
  cp include/config/dvb/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/config/dvb/
  # add dvb headers for http://mcentral.de/hg/~mrec/em28xx-new
  # in reference to:
  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13146
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
  cp drivers/media/dvb/frontends/lgdt330x.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
  cp drivers/media/video/msp3400-driver.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
  # add xfs and shmem for aufs building
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/fs/xfs
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/mm
  cp fs/xfs/xfs_sb.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/fs/xfs/xfs_sb.h
  # add vmlinux
  cp vmlinux ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  # copy in Kconfig files
  for i in `find . -name "Kconfig*"`; do 
    mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/`echo $i | sed 's|/Kconfig.*||'`
    cp $i ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/$i
  done

  cd ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include && ln -s asm-$KARCH asm

  chown -R root.root ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  find ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
  cd ${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver} && \
    (rm -f source build; ln -sf ../../../usr/src/linux-${_kernver} build)
  # install fallback mkinitcpio.conf file and preset file for kernel
  install -m644 -D ${srcdir}/${pkgname}.preset ${pkgdir}/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.preset || return 1
  # set correct depmod command for install
  sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=${_kernver}/g" $startdir/${pkgname}.install
  echo -e "# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE\nALL_kver='${_kernver}'" > ${startdir}/pkg/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.kver
  # remove unneeded architectures
  rm -rf ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/{alpha,arm,arm26,avr32,blackfin,cris,frv,h8300,ia64,m32r,m68k,m68knommu,mips,mn10300,parisc,powerpc,ppc,s390,sh,sh64,sparc,sparc64,um,v850,xtensa}

  ## remove firmwares already installed
  #
  # this code should no longer be necessary
  # now that the firmwares have been broken out
  # into a separate package, but i'm leaving it here
  # in case it's useful and out of historical intereset.
  #
  #if [ -d /lib/firmware ]; then
  #  for fw in $(find /lib/firmware/ -depth); do
  #    if [ -e ${pkgdir}${fw} ]; then
  #       rm -r ${pkgdir}${fw};
  #    fi
  #  done;
  #fi

  rm -rf ${pkgdir}/lib/firmware

}

If I cant get this to work it looks like ill have to compile it manually since it seems that I can never get these automated kernel compilation scripts to work for me.

edit: apparently all i had to was delete the src directory to get xconfig to build, i went into the src/linux directory and compiled xconfig manually, copied the .config to root of kernel26parallel, deleted the src directory and proceeded to build it. Lo and behold xconfig popped up.

Last edited by brando56894 (2009-10-02 03:22:24)

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#2 2009-10-02 04:56:57

ngoonee
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From: Between Thailand and Singapore
Registered: 2009-03-17
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Re: [Solved] Kernel26Parallel Uses make menuconfig

brando56894 wrote:

I want to compile a new kernel so I can increase my performance and boot time (already knocked it down from 24 seconds to 15 seconds by tweaking rc.conf, inittab,etc...) and I want to do a parallel install for testing and benchmarking purposes. Ive edited the pkgbuild for it and told it to use xconfig but no matter what it always uses the ncurses based menuconfig which is really annoying IMO and I cant seem to remedy it. Heres the edited pkgbuild:

# $Id: PKGBUILD 23223 2009-01-06 10:22:31Z tpowa $
# Maintainer: Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
# Maintainer: Thomas Baechler <thomas@archlinux.org>
# -ARCHparallel rename: methuselah <newb@nerdshack.com>
# Contributor: kludge <drkludge@rat-patrol.org>
pkgname=kernel26parallel
_basekernel=2.6.31
pkgver=${_basekernel}.1
pkgrel=1
_patchname="patch-${pkgver}-1-ARCH"
pkgdesc="The Linux Kernel and modules - parallel install for custom builds"
arch=(i686 x86_64)
license=('GPL2')
groups=('base')
url="http://www.kernel.org"
backup=(etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.preset)
depends=('coreutils' 'module-init-tools' 'mkinitcpio>=0.5.20' 'kernel26-firmware>=2.6.29')
makedepends=('patch')
# pwc, ieee80211 and hostap-driver26 modules are included in kernel26 now
# nforce package support was abandoned by nvidia, kernel modules should cover everything now.
# kernel24 support is dropped since glibc24
replaces=('kernel24' 'kernel24-scsi' 'kernel26-scsi'
          'alsa-driver' 'ieee80211' 'hostap-driver26'
          'pwc' 'nforce' 'squashfs' 'unionfs' 'ivtv'
          'zd1211' 'kvm-modules' 'iwlwifi' 'rt2x00-cvs'
          'gspcav1' 'atl2' 'wlan-ng26')
install=${pkgname}.install
source=(ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-$_basekernel.tar.bz2
        ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/kernel26/${_patchname}.bz2
    config
        config.x86_64
        kernel26parallel.preset
    kernel26parallel.install)
optdepends=('crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country')
md5sums=('')

build() {
  KARCH=x86

  cd ${srcdir}/linux-$_basekernel
  # Add -ARCH patches
  # See http://projects.archlinux.org/git/?p=linux-2.6-ARCH.git;a=summary

  patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/${_patchname} || return 1

  if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
    cat ../config.x86_64 >./.config
  else
    cat ../config >./.config
  fi

  # get kernel version  

  make prepare
  _kernver="$(make kernelrelease)"

  # load configuration
  # to configure your kernel during during the build process, 
  # uncomment your preferred configuration method and comment
  # 'yes "" | make config'.
  #
  # make menuconfig
  make xconfig
  # make gconfig
  # make oldconfig
  # yes "" | make config

  # build!
  ####################
  # stop here
  # this is useful to configure the kernel
  # msg "Stopping build"
  # return 1
  ####################
  make bzImage modules || return 1
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/{lib/modules,boot}
  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${pkgdir} modules_install || return 1
  cp System.map ${pkgdir}/boot/System.map26parallel
  cp arch/$KARCH/boot/bzImage ${pkgdir}/boot/vmlinuz26parallel
  install -D -m644 Makefile \
    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/Makefile
  install -D -m644 kernel/Makefile \
    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/kernel/Makefile
  install -D -m644 .config \
    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.config
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include

  for i in acpi asm-{generic,x86} config linux math-emu media net pcmcia scsi sound video; do
    cp -a include/$i ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
  done

  # copy arch includes for external modules
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/x86
  cp -a arch/x86/include ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/x86/

  # copy files necessary for later builds, like nvidia and vmware
  cp Module.symvers ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  cp -a scripts ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  # fix permissions on scripts dir
  chmod og-w -R ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/scripts
  #mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.tmp_versions

  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel

  cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
  if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then
    cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32.cpu ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
  fi
  cp arch/$KARCH/kernel/asm-offsets.s ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel/

  # add headers for lirc package
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video
  cp drivers/media/video/*.h  ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/
  for i in bt8xx cpia2 cx25840 cx88 em28xx et61x251 pwc saa7134 sn9c102 usbvideo zc0301; do
   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
   cp -a drivers/media/video/$i/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
  done
  # add dm headers
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
  cp drivers/md/*.h  ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
  # add inotify.h
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux
  cp include/linux/inotify.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux/
  # add CLUSTERIP file for iptables
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/ipv4/netfilter/
  # add wireless headers
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
  cp net/mac80211/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
  # add dvb headers for external modules
  # in reference to:
  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9912
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core
  cp drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/
  # add dvb headers for external modules
  # in reference to:
  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11194
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/config/dvb/
  cp include/config/dvb/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/config/dvb/
  # add dvb headers for http://mcentral.de/hg/~mrec/em28xx-new
  # in reference to:
  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13146
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
  cp drivers/media/dvb/frontends/lgdt330x.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
  cp drivers/media/video/msp3400-driver.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
  # add xfs and shmem for aufs building
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/fs/xfs
  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/mm
  cp fs/xfs/xfs_sb.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/fs/xfs/xfs_sb.h
  # add vmlinux
  cp vmlinux ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  # copy in Kconfig files
  for i in `find . -name "Kconfig*"`; do 
    mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/`echo $i | sed 's|/Kconfig.*||'`
    cp $i ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/$i
  done

  cd ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include && ln -s asm-$KARCH asm

  chown -R root.root ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  find ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
  cd ${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver} && \
    (rm -f source build; ln -sf ../../../usr/src/linux-${_kernver} build)
  # install fallback mkinitcpio.conf file and preset file for kernel
  install -m644 -D ${srcdir}/${pkgname}.preset ${pkgdir}/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.preset || return 1
  # set correct depmod command for install
  sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=${_kernver}/g" $startdir/${pkgname}.install
  echo -e "# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE\nALL_kver='${_kernver}'" > ${startdir}/pkg/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.kver
  # remove unneeded architectures
  rm -rf ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/{alpha,arm,arm26,avr32,blackfin,cris,frv,h8300,ia64,m32r,m68k,m68knommu,mips,mn10300,parisc,powerpc,ppc,s390,sh,sh64,sparc,sparc64,um,v850,xtensa}

  ## remove firmwares already installed
  #
  # this code should no longer be necessary
  # now that the firmwares have been broken out
  # into a separate package, but i'm leaving it here
  # in case it's useful and out of historical intereset.
  #
  #if [ -d /lib/firmware ]; then
  #  for fw in $(find /lib/firmware/ -depth); do
  #    if [ -e ${pkgdir}${fw} ]; then
  #       rm -r ${pkgdir}${fw};
  #    fi
  #  done;
  #fi

  rm -rf ${pkgdir}/lib/firmware

}

If I cant get this to work it looks like ill have to compile it manually since it seems that I can never get these automated kernel compilation scripts to work for me.

edit: apparently all i had to was delete the src directory to get xconfig to build, i went into the src/linux directory and compiled xconfig manually, copied the .config to root of kernel26parallel, deleted the src directory and proceeded to build it. Lo and behold xconfig popped up.

You weren't gettnig menuconfig, you were getting the typical config which pops up when your defined config is missing some values (this is during make prepare). If you had gone through everything, xconfig would have popped up at the end.

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#3 2009-10-02 05:54:12

brando56894
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From: NYC
Registered: 2008-08-03
Posts: 681

Re: [Solved] Kernel26Parallel Uses make menuconfig

No it wouldnt have, I tried wink all I had to do was remove the src directory.

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