Debian Kernel

Kernel compilation

• Use make-kpkg to create a real Debian package with your home-made kernel and install this package
• My method: a simple script /usr/src/make-kernel.sh, to use it enter the right kernel-tree as normal user then ../make-kernel.sh

#!/bin/bash
REVISION="3.06.Mercure"
APPEND="-d600"
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot clean 2>&1 |tee ../trace.txt
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --us --uc --revision $REVISION --append-to-version $APPEND kernel_image 2>&1 |tee -a ../trace.txt
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot modules_clean 2>&1 |tee -a ../trace.txt
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --us --uc --revision $REVISION --append-to-version $APPEND modules_image 2>&1 |tee -a ../trace.txt

• modules is only if there are out of kernel-tree modules to compile (such as ndiswrapped), regular kernel modules are already compiled with make-kpkg kernel_image
• Remark: I could never get a kernel with initrd booting properly :-(
• There should be an easier way to build modules, I never tried:
  • Use module-assistant package
  • E.g. to compile fuse: m-a a-i fuse
• When you install a Debian kernel, of your own or from the feeds, you can always find the .config under /boot/config-<kernel version>

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To know which version of gcc was used to compile a kernel:

cat /proc/version