[Click] Is there a good "dumb-moron" guide to kernel mode?

[Beyers Cronje]

Hi Nicholas,

I also use Fedora, FC 4 was the latest I've installed. I start with the
default config at:

/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-smp-i686/.config   , apply the click
kernel patch, and compile and install the vanilla kernel using this config.
The only thing that does not work is 'make install' adds a new entry in
/boot/grub/grub.conf for the vanilla kernel, but the root=LABEL=/ kernel
option tag does not work. I just manually change this tag to my root drive
i.e. root=/dev/sda1 and everything works fine from there on.

One last thing, I do a full FC install, so all programming tools etc are
installed by default through the FC install.

Hope that helps.

Beyers


On 1/11/07, Eddie Kohler <kohler at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> The easiest thing to do is to take the working .config and copy it.
>
> Compiling linux with that config generally takes forever and a day
> because of the number of modules compiled.
>
> How to find the config?  /lib/modules/VERSION/build/........  Poke
> around there.  Also you can install kernel source RPMs.  Perhaps someone
> else has more detailed advice, my memory is faulty.
>
> Eddie
>
>
> Nicholas Weaver wrote:
> > n Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 09:02:06AM -0800, Eddie Kohler composed:
> >> In my experience the hard part is finding the config that works.  After
> >> that you're home free.  Before that I generally want to cry.  What type
> >> of wedge are you seeing?  I generally use Red Hat/Fedora based distros.
> >
> > Question: would the broadcom on-board NIC cause things to screw up as
> > well?  EG, should I just disable it and only have the Intel NICs?
> >
> > Was Fedora Core latest, but using a vanilla kernel.  2.6.16.13 built
> with
> > click.
> >
> > I think I may have screwed up something very low level early, because
> > its failing by "unable to fine device-mapper major/minor"
> >
> >
> > (I haven't done much kernel building etc).
> >
> > What configuration etc have you used succesfully?  I can nuke and
> > reinstall this machine however I want.
> >
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