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cpiper

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Registered: 2011-09-30

Posts: 2

How do I compile my own kernel? (Using source from github)

I am a fairly new user trying to compile my own kernel. The wiki I am trying to follow is outdated because of kernel.org being
down:

Following this,
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … _New_Users
I cannot get that script to work at all with the source I downloaded from https://github.com/mirrors/linux (kernel.org being still down and all) - The wiki told me to download the kernel source  "for stable, mainline (rc), and snapshot (git/patch) " - what does that even mean? I could find nothing like that on github... I would love to be able to compile the kernel. Should I just ignore anything arch specific and directly follow the howto that comes with the source?

Thank you!

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: How do I compile my own kernel? (Using source from github)

Get the official kernel PKGBUILD, edit it to point at your downloaded source tarball.

This page will get you going.

CPU Gastronomy

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From: Québec, Canada

Registered: 2010-12-29

Posts: 69

Re: How do I compile my own kernel? (Using source from github)

Since 04-10-2011 (today as the time of the writing), kernel.org is back online, so it should be ok to use it now.

graysky

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From: :wq

Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 10,697

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Re: How do I compile my own kernel? (Using source from github)

k.org is back but not currently hosting files.

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