recompiling kernel

recompiling kernel

[Alex Snow]

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Hi All.  I've decided to upgrade my kernel to a 2.4.20 from 2.4.17.  I grabbed the linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2 package from ftp.kernel .org and untared it under /usr/src and simlinked it to /usr/src/2linux.  I patched speakup in, and then did a make oldconfig.  After that was finished I ran make dep.  then I did make modules.  but when I went to run make bzimage make told me that bzimage was an invalid target.  what am I doing wrong?

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Re: recompiling kernel

[Doug]

make oldconfig might yield some strange results with
a new kernel rev, since stuff changes. When I do a
kernel upgrade, I do

make mrproper

Which makes sure there are no old deps and stuff

make config
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install

I do used make oldconfig if I'm still on the same
kernel rev, but it's a good idea to do mrproper,
and using oldconfig with a new kernel might not
be a good idea.

Re: recompiling kernel

[Adam Myrow]

Well, I've never had any trouble with "make oldconfig."  In fact, I backup
the ".config" file whenever I make a new kernel to another place.  Then, I
unpack the new kernel and drop the .config file in place.  The only time I
ever do the configuration from scratch is if I were to go from one major
version to another.  For example, from a 2.2 to a 2.4 kernel.  Otherwise,
I go ahead and run through the "make oldconfig" and answer any questions
it asks.  I then run "make menuconfig" to make sure everything is still in
place.  I then do the rest.  Never a problem yet.

Re: recompiling kernel

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

You did not use an upper case 'I' in bzImage


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Re: recompiling kernel

[Gregory Nowak]

You should be doing "make bzImage" (note the capitalization of bzImage).

Greg


On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 03:52:40PM +0000, Alex Snow wrote:
> Hi All.  I've decided to upgrade my kernel to a 2.4.20 from 2.4.17.  I grabbed the linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2 package from ftp.kernel .org and untared it under /usr/src and simlinked it to /usr/src/2linux.  I patched speakup in, and then did a make oldconfig.  After that was finished I ran make dep.  then I did make modules.  but when I went to run make bzimage make told me that bzimage was an invalid target.  what am I doing wrong?

Re: recompiling kernel

[Ameer Armaly]

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had the same thing.
It's a capital I.
Btw, what do you have to do to get speakup to appear in the kernel config? I can get it to appear sometimes, but not in others...
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alex Snow 
  To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca 
  Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:52 AM
  Subject: recompiling kernel


  Hi All.  I've decided to upgrade my kernel to a 2.4.20 from 2.4.17.  I grabbed the linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2 package from ftp.kernel .org and untared it under /usr/src and simlinked it to /usr/src/2linux.  I patched speakup in, and then did a make oldconfig.  After that was finished I ran make dep.  then I did make modules.  but when I went to run make bzimage make told me that bzimage was an invalid target.  what am I doing wrong?

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Re: recompiling kernel

[Alex Snow]

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grrrrrrr! I thought it was something I did wrong and went and rm -r'ed the entire kernel sourcetree...took a day to compile and all. :-(
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ameer Armaly 
  To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca 
  Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:37 PM
  Subject: Re: recompiling kernel


  had the same thing.
  It's a capital I.
  Btw, what do you have to do to get speakup to appear in the kernel config? I can get it to appear sometimes, but not in others...
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Alex Snow 
    To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca 
    Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:52 AM
    Subject: recompiling kernel


    Hi All.  I've decided to upgrade my kernel to a 2.4.20 from 2.4.17.  I grabbed the linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2 package from ftp.kernel .org and untared it under /usr/src and simlinked it to /usr/src/2linux.  I patched speakup in, and then did a make oldconfig.  After that was finished I ran make dep.  then I did make modules.  but when I went to run make bzimage make told me that bzimage was an invalid target.  what am I doing wrong?

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Re: recompiling kernel

[Lorenzo Prince]

The correct command is make bzImage.  The i should be capatalized.  This 
will solve your problem.

Lorenzo

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Re: recompiling kernel

[Janina Sajka]

You forgot to capitalize the 'i' in bzImage in your email note below.
Did you also forget that in issuing the make command? If so, there's
your answer.

Alex Snow writes:
> From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@h14me.homelinux.net>
> 
>    Hi All.  I've decided to upgrade my kernel to a 2.4.20 from 2.4.17.  I
>    grabbed the linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2 package from ftp.kernel .org and untared
>    it under /usr/src and simlinked it to /usr/src/2linux.  I patched speakup
>    in, and then did a make oldconfig.  After that was finished I ran make
>    dep.  then I did make modules.  but when I went to run make bzimage make
>    told me that bzimage was an invalid target.  what am I doing wrong?

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