Re: set up new kernel with grub

[Michael]

Hi, Wang,

Thanks for replying. So which step is doing the compilation of each 
module , "make oldconfig" or "make" ? For compilation, I mean the step 
to compile the source code to .o file.

Regards,

Mike



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WANG Cong" <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Michael" <gonwg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: set up new kernel with grub


> On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:28:03PM -0500, Michael wrote:
> > Hi, Dick,
> >
> > Your steps work beautifully. Thanks.
> >
> > If you could explain a little about what happens in each step, that
> > would be even better.
> >
> > > # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3
> > > If your current kernel is 2.6.20.3, edit the Makefile to
> > > add some character after "EXTRAVERSION" as EXTRAVERSION= 3x
> > > # cp .config ..
>
> Save your existing config file in the parent directory.
>
> > > # make distclean
>
> Clean the files generated by last compiling.
>
> > > # cp ../.config .
>
> Copy your .config back here.
>
> > > # make oldconfig
>
> "The make oldconfig command causes the kernel configuration process to 
> read in your existing configuration information and then prompt you 
> for a value for any kernel configuration variables that were not 
> provided set the existing kernel configuration file."
>
> > > # make
>
> Check all changed object files, and do the final kernel image link.
>
> > > # make modules_install
>
> Reinstall the newly-compiled modules.
>
> > > # make install
>
> Copy the kernel image and system.map to /boot and modify 
> /boot/grub/menu.lst (or lilo.conf) properly.
>
>
>
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