Re: [GIT] Networking

[Alejandro Riveira FernÃndez]

El Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:25:16 -0800
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribiÃ:

> 2011/1/7 Alejandro Riveira FernÃndez <ariveira@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >> [ Apart from the annoyance of also having to manually copying the
> >> firmware files: why the heck doesn't that firmware tree even have a
> >> "make firmware-install" makefile or something? The kernel has a "make
> >> firmware-install" thing, why doesn't the firmware tree itself have
> >> that? Gaah, this is almost as idiotic as trying to install a
> >> self-built kernel under Ubuntu ]
> >
> > ÂMaybe i am just making myself a fool but i'll bite:
> > Âthis has allways worked for me
> >
> > Âmake && sudo make install && sudo make modules_install
> > Âsudo mkintramfs -o /boot/initrd-$kernel_version Â$kernel_version
> > Âsudo update-grub
> 
> Whee. That's not what any of the docs say. And while it is simpler
> than what is apparently the "official" method (which involves packages
> etc) why doesn't just
> 
>   make modules_install ; make install

 Well that's the recipe I come up on "my own" because I allways
 avoided the mk-dpkg fakeroot etc dance. 
 
> 
> work? That's all I need to do on systems that are friendlier to kernel
> developers.
> 
> The kernel install scripts run "/sbin/installkernel" exactly so that a
> distribution can just make it all work for them. But at least when I
> tried it last, it didn't.

 Well I did not know about this command, I have it installed and yes,
 it does not work :/


> 
> Some people claim Ubuntu has no kernel developers. Sometimes I do wonder..
> 
>                    Linus
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