Building the kernel from Arch's template - is it possible?

Mr. Alex · 2010-09-11 15:52:17

The thought is: to build my own kernel for Arch but do not set all the settings manually; get all the settings just as Arch developers do and just edit some of them and then build. Maybe a couple of changes.

Is there any possibility to do this?

Last edited by Mr. Alex (2010-09-11 15:53:01)

xvello · 2010-09-11 16:08:34

Hi

You can retreive the config file for the running kernel in /proc/config.gz

Mr. Alex · 2010-09-11 16:18:01

Wow... Thousands of options I believe... Can I paste 'em automatically when building kernel?

archman-cro · 2010-09-11 16:34:01

Yes, by using

zcat /proc/config.gz > /path/to/your/config/in/sources
make oldconfig

in your PKGBUILD. See other customized kernels for the details.

Have fun.

codycarey · 2010-09-11 17:02:21

I always like to use 'make oldconfig' to bring the original config file up to date and then use another option (make menuconfig, xconfig, nconfig, etc) to do further editing.

Also, make sure you're installing your custom kernel the 'Arch' way, http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … 26_Package

Last edited by codycarey (2010-09-11 17:02:39)

T-Dawg · 2010-09-11 18:02:24

Mr. Alex wrote:

The thought is: to build my own kernel for Arch but do not set all the settings manually; get all the settings just as Arch developers do and just edit some of them and then build. Maybe a couple of changes.
Is there any possibility to do this?

Sure. Just get the latest PKGBUILD from ABS and add in 'make menuconfig' in the appropriate spot, makepkg, and pacman install it.

steve_v · 2010-09-12 06:00:28

if you have yaourt installed, it can even retrieve the pkgbuild, patches etc for you :-) just create a directory & run yaourt -G kernel26 in it.

Mr. Alex · 2010-09-12 07:30:06

PKGBUILD? ARCH kernel? Why not use the one from http://kernel.org/ ?

tomk · 2010-09-12 07:53:56

Uhmm... yes, you have to get the sources from kernel.org. People are suggesting you use a PKGBUILD so you can create an Arch package for your custom kernel.

Full details in the wiki, already linked above.

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Building the kernel from Arch's template - is it possible?

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