compiling and installing kernel into user's own folder

pbhat · 03-24-2010, 05:23 AM

Hello All,

I am compiling kernel to learn it and as well as for edubook, a netbook I am working on.

I wanted to put the compilation under my home directory and followed the syntax suggested in the README in /usr/src/linux,like,

Quote:

'make o=/home/pbhat/temp/kcompile menuconfig'

Like this I have gone through full compilation successfully,but see no output going to the specified folder.Could anybody point out where I went wrong?

I was compiling under /usr/src/linux and in Opensuse 11.2.I followed the README apparently written by Linus where I saw the above make syntax.Maybe that is old and hold good no more.

Quakeboy02 · 03-25-2010, 02:18 PM

This is confusing and unnecessary. Put the source tree wherever you want. For example, I have all my kernels in "/data/src". Go into the directory where your kernel source is and simply type "make menuconfig".

For example, if your source is at "/home/pbhat/temp/kcompile" (assuming pbhat is you):

Code:

cd ~/temp/kcompile  (or cd /home/pbhat/temp/kcompile, of course)
make oldconfig    (this should really be done before menuconfig)
make menuconfig
<the rest of the commands you want to run>

pbhat · 03-25-2010, 03:30 PM

My source is not aT /home/pbhat/temp/kcompile.That is only supposed to be where the output should go.The reason I want all the installs to go there is,i do not need compilation for testing / running latest kernel.Only to build an rpm for edubook netbook which needs a custom-compiled kernel.

Standing at /usr/src/linux,you can send build outputs to a directory of your choice with

Quote:

Make O=folder_of_choice

. That 'O=folder_of_choice' should be part of all Make invocations.I have figured that out by re-reading kernel source README.Only thing I have yet to figure out is,how to send installs also in the same directory.I would not want my system to be cluttered.

Quakeboy02 · 03-25-2010, 03:48 PM

OK. Good luck!