[Click] Is there a good "dumb-moron" guide to kernel mode?
Nicholas Weaver
nweaver at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU
Thu Jan 11 15:58:44 EST 2007
On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 10:57:46PM +0200, Beyers Cronje composed:
> Hi Nicholas,
>
> I also use Fedora, FC 4 was the latest I've installed. I start with the
> default config at:
When you install FC4 do you also follow it with a full yum update?
> /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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