Hi all ,
I'm a new user of this fantastic forum.
First of all ... Sorry for my english , but I'm portuguese.

I'm trying to compile linux kernel 2.6.9-34.EL-smp and an error appears during this proccess.
Procedures step by step:
1) Change to directory /usr/src/Kernels/2.6.9.-34.EL
2) Run make menuconfig ( and save file .config on end)
3) Run make dep
4) Run make bzImage
And after this command , errors occurs.


Can You Help me ?

Best regards

You need to first actually have the kernel source installed and prepped, you seem to only have the kernel-devel and kernel-headers packages installed. These are not the full source code and are only useful for building kernel modules and such not a new kernel.

Next you using old 2.4 kernel series commands in your attempt to build a working kernel.

You are building a kernel which has been updated a number of times the current version is;
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.6.EL.src.rpm 48373 KB 08/31/2007 03:56:00 AM

But to help you out you want to download this;
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linu...-34.EL.src.rpm

Then do;

rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-34.EL.src.rpm
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec
cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9

The steps to build a kernel are in order;
make mrproper
make oldconfig
make menuconfig
make
make modules_install
make install

The use of 'make oldconfig' should give you a working .config file to start with. Please spend the time while using 'make menuconfig' to insure your hardware has been configured, if not the spend the time required adding the support you need.

Hi Lenard,

Thks for your help.
I applied your instructions ( step by step ) and the new kernel is done.

Best regards

You are welcome, glad to help.............

You might be interested in reading (or having for reference);

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...kn_pdf.tar.bz2

Hi,

The command rpmbuild is not known on my Fedora Core 6 system.
'yum install rpmbuild' says:

No Match for argument: rpmbuild
Nothing to do

How can I build a new kernel?

Janneman.

You just need to download the kernel source (http://www.kernel.org/ is a good start) to the directory /usr/src, symlink /usr/src/linux to point to what you just downloaded (/usr/src-linux-2.6.22, for example), then cd into /usr/src/linux and run the following:

"make mrproper" probably isn't necessary since it's your first time compiling from that source on that machine, but it's good habit. "make menuconfig" brings up a configuration menu for configuring your kernel options. "make" actually compiles the kernel and modules while "make modules_install" installs the modules. Finally, "make install" installs the kernel to /boot (probably calls it /boot/vmlinuz by default).


Note about /usr/src/linux: Linus hates that people still use /usr/src/linux symlink when compiling their kernels. There is plenty of discussion about this issue on the net. I understand the reasons he gives, but when it comes down to it, some code looks specifically for /usr/src/linux when compiling and errors out if it's not there. I haven't had it often, but I have had it happen. Therefore, I don't heed Linus's advice on this one.

-TDS-

To: Janneman

The correct command is; yum install rpm-build

Hi
I Need The Steps For Compiling Kernel 2.6.9-42.el For Redhat Enterprise When New Module Is Installed.can Someone Help Me Please........

The same steps apply, one has to add the new module as a kernel patch first then rebuild the kernel or edit the kernel config file and build the new module/kernel. If you are just adding a new module from the source then one does not have to rebuild the kernel.

See my post # 4 in this thread and; http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos ;

Kernel:

* I need the Kernel Source
* I need to build a custom kernel
* Build your own kernel modules