[SOLVED] How to configure make-kpkg?

xyzone · 03-26-2016, 12:40 PM

I build a custom kernel with make-kpkg, including the headers package. I need it to produce and package the equivalent of running 'make prepare' and 'make prepare scripts' on the kernel sources. How can I do this?

273 · 03-27-2016, 05:29 AM

As far as I am aware make-kpkg literally just compiles the kernel you have prepared and configured into a Debian package and takes the place of the usual compilation step -- so you just run make prepare and the like as normal. I just ran make prepare inside the kernel source directory on this machine and, yes, it just works.
Edit, my kernel compilation routine is something like:

Code:

tar -xf linux-4.0-rc4.tar.xz 
cd linux-4.0-rc4/
cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./.config
make autoconfig
make menuconfig
fakeroot make-kpkg -j 4 --initrd --append-to-version=-wintermute kernel_image kernel_headers

xyzone · 03-28-2016, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

As far as I am aware make-kpkg literally just compiles the kernel you have prepared and configured into a Debian package and takes the place of the usual compilation step -- so you just run make prepare and the like as normal. I just ran make prepare inside the kernel source directory on this machine and, yes, it just works.
Edit, my kernel compilation routine is something like:

Code:

tar -xf linux-4.0-rc4.tar.xz 
cd linux-4.0-rc4/
cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./.config
make autoconfig
make menuconfig
fakeroot make-kpkg -j 4 --initrd --append-to-version=-wintermute kernel_image kernel_headers

I don't do it a different way. This was my command:

CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=8 nice -n19 ionice -c3 fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-myria --revision=4.4.6-myria kernel_image kernel_headers

The option kernel_headers will build the headers package, but it doesn't seem to install the equivalent of 'make prepare scripts'. This caused the dkms nvidia driver to fail to build.

But I figured out the workaround. I copy over /usr/share/kernel-package to ~/src/linux-overlay, then set it as overlay, such as:

CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=8 nice -n19 ionice -c3 fakeroot make-kpkg --overlay-dir $HOME/src/linux-overlay --initrd --append-to-version=-myria --revision=4.4.6-myria kernel_image kernel_headers

So I guess this is more or less solved.

273 · 03-29-2016, 12:56 AM

ARE you sure you have nvidia-kernel-dkms installed? I ask because on my desktop the NVIDIA DMKS install is automatic when installing the kernel and kernel headers packages.

xyzone · 03-29-2016, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

ARE you sure you have nvidia-kernel-dkms installed? I ask because on my desktop the NVIDIA DMKS install is automatic when installing the kernel and kernel headers packages.

Yes, I'm sure. And yes, the dkms install is automatic, at kernel install. It was failing to build. I checked it by trying to build dkms manually. It was working at a certain point, but an update to kernel-package (I'm guessing), broke the headers building, this on debian stretch. Now, it's working as before.

273 · 03-29-2016, 12:32 PM

I think sometimes the NVIDIA drivers don't compile as they ought, for whatever reason. I suspect that if you're installing your own kernel you may be better off with the .run dirrectly from NVIDIA but I don't know for sure -- I'll try to remember to do that next time I compile a new kernel branch.

xyzone · 03-29-2016, 05:46 PM

No, it isn't. I do wish the dkms nvidia versions were more up to date, instead of the million little tweaks to the same version, which keep breaking stuff, but installing the nvidia binary is a mess.