Compiling my own kernel - where to put "config" file?
 

Hi there

I'm ready to compile my own grsec kernel. I tried setting it up manually but there are a few settings that always fails, so I decided to use these config files:

https://projects.archlinux.org/svnto...es/linux-grsec
https://projects.archlinux.org/svnto...es/linux-grsec
https://projects.archlinux.org/svnto...es/linux-grsec
https://projects.archlinux.org/svnto...es/linux-grsec
https://projects.archlinux.org/svnto...es/linux-grsec

Where do I put these? Could it be where I extracted the kernel and on the kernel/configs folder:

I downloaded 4.1.7 from Kernel.org and grsec current patch:

I already patched the kernel.

This is my first kernel build. Ever. Apologize for the newbie questions, but I couldn't find the answer. There are a few "config" files but I'm afraid I'll bork my compile if I replace them.

Thanks!

There's a Sticky here in the Debian forum on how to properly do it which should work for any Linux distribution, i think. Have a look at it, i blindly followed it for my Debian. :)

for my Debian

Well, hehehehehee

Thanks! I'll have a look at it and see how it goes.

If all goes correctly, should I see the changes done if I issue "make menuconfig"? Or these config files will only be used at compilation time?

EDIT: I copied the "config.x86_64" file into the kernel directory and named it ".config". It's compiling now.

We-ell? How did it go?

It did work on Debian, it's really easy to compile a Kernel there. But on Arch I had to do it differently, I had to download a few other files and sources, edit a few of them, and then compile. And it worked, the config files are supposed to be exactly where the article said :D

Thanks.

Hi...

Sounds like you got it working. If so, please mark this thread as "SOLVED" by clicking on "Thread Tools" directly above your initial post. Thanks! :)

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