compiling kernel

compiling kernel

[Miguel González Castaños]

dear all,

 I have a 3com NIC card configured under RedHat 7.3.  The default kernel
recognizes perfectly the NIC card using the 3c515 driver.

 I am trying to compile the kernel 2.4.22 and it doesnt work. I have
looked around on the Internet and I have read that I need to use
ISA PnP. Does I just need to activate ISA PnP support in the kernel or I
have to do something else?

 Many thanks

 Miguel

Re: compiling kernel

[terry white]

on "10-6-2003" "Miguel González Castaños" writ:

: I need to use ISA PnP.

... ciao:

    i build with 'isa pnp' enabled on everything, and have no use for it.
i think enabling it an okay thing to do.

    being a little more specific as to 'where' you see a failure, would
help.  for example, what do you get with 'ifconfig' , or one of the
'if-up' scripts ...


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Re: compiling kernel

[Miguel González Castaños]

Sorry for not being more precise...I meant that although with ifconfig using
the default kernel I got the interface up,
using the 2.4.22 kernel the network interface is down. I havent tried
anything else than doing a /etc/init.d/network restart.

HTH Regards,

Miguel

terry white ha escrito:

> on "10-6-2003" "Miguel González Castaños" writ:
>
> : I need to use ISA PnP.
>
> ... ciao:
>
>     i build with 'isa pnp' enabled on everything, and have no use for it.
> i think enabling it an okay thing to do.
>
>     being a little more specific as to 'where' you see a failure, would
> help.  for example, what do you get with 'ifconfig' , or one of the
> 'if-up' scripts ...
>
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Re: compiling kernel

[terry white]

on "10-6-2003" "Miguel González Castaños" writ:

: I havent tried anything else than doing a /etc/init.d/network restart.

... i take that to mean, you rebooted into the '*.22' kernel, and then a
restart.  which is a starting place.

    as i see it, there are two considerations here.  the new kernel, and
its interface with the 3comm card.

    when a build a kernel, i like to compare the previous kernel's
'.config', with the latest instance.  glaring differences may point
toward the problem.  i'd suggest you check and see that you've enabled
all the 'network' related features;  seems to me, they've spread them
around a bit ...


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Re: compiling kernel

[Miguel González Castaños]

hello again,

 When I said default kernel I meant the default kernel provided by RedHat in
the 7.3 version.
Is there any way to get that .config file in those rpm kernels?

 Many thanks in advance

 Miguel

terry white ha escrito:

> on "10-6-2003" "Miguel González Castaños" writ:
>
> : I havent tried anything else than doing a /etc/init.d/network restart.
>
> ... i take that to mean, you rebooted into the '*.22' kernel, and then a
> restart.  which is a starting place.
>
>     as i see it, there are two considerations here.  the new kernel, and
> its interface with the 3comm card.
>
>     when a build a kernel, i like to compare the previous kernel's
> '.config', with the latest instance.  glaring differences may point
> toward the problem.  i'd suggest you check and see that you've enabled
> all the 'network' related features;  seems to me, they've spread them
> around a bit ...
>
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Re: compiling kernel

[terry white]

on "10-7-2003" "Miguel González Castaños" writ:

... ciao:

: Is there any way to get that .config file in those rpm kernels?

    on a default rpm install of the RH-8 kernal sources, there's a
directory called 'configs', that seems to comtain architecture
centric templates for most installs ...


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Re: compiling kernel

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Its in your /boot directory.  Look for a file called 
config-REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER where REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER is the `uname 
-r` of the RedHat kernel RPM.  ie, if your running 2.4.20-20.9 like I 
am, look for /boot/config-2.4.20-20.9.  This file is a part of the 
kernel RPM that you installed (in my case, kernel-2.4.20-20.9.i586.rpm).

Miguel González Castaños wrote:
> hello again,
> 
>  When I said default kernel I meant the default kernel provided by RedHat in
> the 7.3 version.
> Is there any way to get that .config file in those rpm kernels?
> 
>  Many thanks in advance
> 
>  Miguel

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Re: compiling kernel

[Miguel González Castaños]

Just one question. This config file is changed after you boot the system and sets
all the modules that should be used, or it is
always the same config file? How is that file changed?

Many thanks in advance

Miguel

"Kevin J. Cummings" ha escrito:

> Its in your /boot directory.  Look for a file called
> config-REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER where REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER is the `uname
> -r` of the RedHat kernel RPM.  ie, if your running 2.4.20-20.9 like I
> am, look for /boot/config-2.4.20-20.9.  This file is a part of the
> kernel RPM that you installed (in my case, kernel-2.4.20-20.9.i586.rpm).
>
> Miguel González Castaños wrote:
> > hello again,
> >
> >  When I said default kernel I meant the default kernel provided by RedHat in
> > the 7.3 version.
> > Is there any way to get that .config file in those rpm kernels?
> >
> >  Many thanks in advance
> >
> >  Miguel
>
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Re: compiling kernel

[Kevin J. Cummings]

This file is put in the /boot directory by RedHat.  I suspect as a 
convenient place to store it, since you don't *have* to have the kernel 
sources installed.  You can also find various RedHat configuration files 
in /usr/src/linux/configs if you installed the kernel-source RPM. 
Whichever pre-built configuration you wish to start with, it should be 
moved to:  /usr/src/linux/.config in order to build an identically 
configured kernel as RedHat provides.

If you want to use it as a starting point for customizing your kernel,
copy it there, then run "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" (and then 
"make depends") before building your new kernel (or modules).

Miguel González Castaños wrote:
> Just one question. This config file is changed after you boot the system and sets
> all the modules that should be used, or it is
> always the same config file? How is that file changed?
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> 
> Miguel
> 
> "Kevin J. Cummings" ha escrito:
> 
> 
>>Its in your /boot directory.  Look for a file called
>>config-REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER where REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER is the `uname
>>-r` of the RedHat kernel RPM.  ie, if your running 2.4.20-20.9 like I
>>am, look for /boot/config-2.4.20-20.9.  This file is a part of the
>>kernel RPM that you installed (in my case, kernel-2.4.20-20.9.i586.rpm).
>>
>>Miguel González Castaños wrote:
>>
>>>hello again,
>>>
>>> When I said default kernel I meant the default kernel provided by RedHat in
>>>the 7.3 version.
>>>Is there any way to get that .config file in those rpm kernels?
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Miguel
>>
>>--
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>>kjchome@rcn.com
>>cummings@kjchome.homeip.net
>>cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us
> 
> 
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> Un saludo,
> 
> Miguel
> 
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Re: compiling kernel

[terry white]

on "10-9-2003" "Miguel González Castaños" writ:

: or it is always the same config file? How is that file changed?

... typically, the ./.config file in the kernel source tree is generated
on the fly when a kernel configured.  this happens when you invoke 'make
menuconfig', or 'make xconfig' for the X gui (graphic user interface) ...


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Re: compiling kernel

[Miguel González Castaños]

hello again,

 I meant that if that .config file generated by the rpm kernel changes at
boot time. As Kevin has commented, I guess that It is the preconfigured
.config file for the rpm kernel.

 Many thanks

 Miguel

terry white ha escrito:

> on "10-9-2003" "Miguel González Castaños" writ:
>
> : or it is always the same config file? How is that file changed?
>
> ... typically, the ./.config file in the kernel source tree is generated
> on the fly when a kernel configured.  this happens when you invoke 'make
> menuconfig', or 'make xconfig' for the X gui (graphic user interface) ...
>
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Compiling kernel

[alad]

Hi,
     The question may sound very stupid... But I have following doubt.

suppose I am making some change in sched.c and now I want to build my kernel
that reflects the change..
Is there any way I can avoid answering all the questions when I do make zImage ?

In short how should I compile the kernel (in very small time) to see my changes.

Thanks (for not flaming me)
Amol

Re: Compiling kernel

[Anton Altaparmakov]

On Wed, 2 May 2001 alad@hss.hns.com wrote:
>      The question may sound very stupid... But I have following doubt.
> 
> suppose I am making some change in sched.c and now I want to build my kernel
> that reflects the change..
> Is there any way I can avoid answering all the questions when I do make zImage ?
> 
> In short how should I compile the kernel (in very small time) to see my changes.

Assuming you have already configured your kernel and previously compiled
it then no questions should be asked. - The way I work is to do make
bzImage, try it, modify. make bzImage, try, etc... No questions asked.

If you did an accidental make mrproper or make clean in between then make
a copy of you old .config (I keep mine in /usr/src/my2.4.4config for
example so I would do from /usr/src/linux: cp ../my2.4.4config .config)
then run make oldconfig

followed by make dep && make bzImage

In future don't do a make mrproper or clean for that matter. All modified
files are automatically recompiled while non-modified ones are taken from
old compile. - This saves incredible amounts of time when using a Pentium
133 for development...

> Thanks (for not flaming me)

You are welcome. (-:

HTH,

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Re: Compiling kernel

[jlnance]

On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 06:00:00PM +0530, alad@hss.hns.com wrote:

> suppose I am making some change in sched.c and now I want to build my kernel
> that reflects the change..
> Is there any way I can avoid answering all the questions when I do make zImage ?
> 
> In short how should I compile the kernel (in very small time) to see my changes.

It sounds like you are running "make config" after you make your changes.
If you run "make oldconfig" instead of "make config" it will not ask you
questions unless you have added config options to the configure scripts.

Its probably not necessary to run either on of these if you have just made
minor changes to the code.  It does not hurt to do it though, and 
"make oldconfig" is fast.

Hope this helps,

Jim

compiling kernel

[Matthias Kleinschmidt]

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Hi,

I try to compile my own kernel for my Indy.
I got the sources from cvs yesterday and made 

 make config
 make dep
 make clean
 make vmlinux

It compiles fine but it will not boot. I get the following message:

>> boot vmlinux                                                                                                                       
115360+19600+3136+334528+42744d+4248+6368 entry: 0x89fa8840                                                                           
                                                                                                                                      
Exception: <vector=UTLB Miss>                                                                                                         
Status register: 0x30004803<CU1,CU0,IM7,IM4,IPL=???,MODE=KERNEL,EXL,IE>                                                               
Cause register: 0x8008<CE=0,IP8,EXC=RMISS>                                                                                            
Exception PC: 0x8810fa1c, Exception RA: 0x8800260c                                                                                    
exception, bad address: 0x7                                                                                                           
Local I/O interrupt register 1: 0x80 <VR/GIO2>                                                                                        
  Saved user regs in hex (&gpda 0xa8740e48, &_regs 0xa8741048):                                                                       
  arg: 7 89fff938 89fffc40 880025dc                                                                                                   
  tmp: 8816010c 8816010c 10 881189c8 14 89fad9e0 0 48                                                                                 
  sve: 89fdf3e8 89fffc40 89fb2720 89fff938 a8747420 9fc56394 0 9fc56394                                                               
  t8 48 t9 89fffe54 at 1 v0 0 v1 89fff890 k1 bad11bad                                                                                 
  gp 881bc4a0 fp 9fc4be88 sp 89fff890 ra 8800260c                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                      
PANIC: Unexpected exception                                                                                                           

I used the Indy running Linux 2.1.121 from ftp.linux.sgi.com/pub/test
and egcs-1.0.2 from hardhat and also my i586 with the crosscompiler
from ftp.linux.sgi.com with the same results.
The vmlinux-indy-2.1.121.tar.gz boots fine.

What am I doing wrong?

Regards
 Matthias

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Re: compiling kernel

[Alex deVries]

On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Matthias Kleinschmidt wrote:
> It compiles fine but it will not boot. I get the following message:
> >> boot vmlinux                                                                                                                       
> 115360+19600+3136+334528+42744d+4248+6368 entry: 0x89fa8840                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                       
> Exception: <vector=UTLB Miss>                                                                                                         

This is usually because you didn't remove the "-N" in arch/mips/Makefile
or similiar. It's in the FAQ, but I keep forgetting that myself.

My problem is when I build the kernel, I get nothing at all.  I get the
first line, something like:

115360+19600+3136+334528+42744d+4248+6368 entry: 0x89fa8840                                                                           

then a blank line, then a total hang, mouse and keybaord included.

- Alex

Re: compiling kernel

[Mike Shaver]

Alex deVries wrote:
> This is usually because you didn't remove the "-N" in arch/mips/Makefile
> or similiar. It's in the FAQ, but I keep forgetting that myself.

So can we detect the bad versions of binutils and automatically set the
LDFLAGS correctly?  I'm tired of forgetting. =)

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Re: compiling kernel

[Matthias Kleinschmidt]

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Hi,

On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 02:59:01PM -0500, Alex deVries wrote:
> This is usually because you didn't remove the "-N" in arch/mips/Makefile
> or similiar. It's in the FAQ, but I keep forgetting that myself.

Thank you. That helped. I read about this a few weeks ago but since I was
far away from compiling a kernel back then I did not remember it.

> My problem is when I build the kernel, I get nothing at all.  I get the
> first line, something like:
> 
> 115360+19600+3136+334528+42744d+4248+6368 entry: 0x89fa8840                                                                           
> 
> then a blank line, then a total hang, mouse and keybaord included.

Looks like the console output is going to a serial line. Can you connect
over the network.
I do not have a keyboard, mouse and monitor. I get the console output to
the serial line.
Right now I get the output to my terminal but I can't get a login prompt.
However I can connect over the network.

Regards
 Matthias
 
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