[tinysofa-discuss] Re: building kernels

[Brian McCullough]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 06:00:06PM +0000, tinysofa-discuss-request at tinysofa.org wrote:


> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:35:10 -0800
> From: ziegast at vix.com (Eric Ziegast)
> Subject: [tinysofa-discuss] 2.0-update1, kernel compiling, madwifi


> I'm trying to compile Atheros modules under TinySofa from
> madwifi (http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/).  To start,
> you need to get the kernel sources.  I retrieved
> kernel-2.6.9-5ts.src.rpm from ftp.tinysofa.org, and
> extracted it.  I see:


> If I extract linux-2.6.9.tar.bz2 into /usr/src/linux-2.6.9, 
> I won't need to apply patch files, correct?  Are the patch
> files included just for reference?
> 
> Also, if I copy /boot/config-2.6.9-5ts to
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.9/.config, I _should_ be able
> to type "make" in that directory, and it should
> just compile everything (kernel, modules), such
> that the new kernel could be a drop-in replacement
> for the standard 2.0-update1 kernel, yes?
> 
> I'd like to see a TinySofa-specific kernel building
> HOWTO. If no one steps up to the plate, and if I'm
> successful, I'll document my steps and post it.


Eric,

I asked a similar question a while ago, because I was in need of SCSI
capability in my kernel to handle the tape drive that I use for backup
in the network, and didn't get any answers.

Because I didn't get anything like the results that you reported when I
tried to download the kernel source rpm ( I didn't seem to have a
source archive! ), I wound up getting a "virgin" kernel from kernel.org 
and building it as I always have.

I would also be interested in a TS Kernel HowTo, and would be willing to
collaborate in its construction.


> Thanks,
> Eric Ziegast


Brian

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