blackscreen on boot with first compiled kernel

[Anil Nair]

Hi Hrushit,



On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Hrushit Parikh
<parikhhrushit at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Anil,
> Thanks a lot for your reply. Your approach worked for me!!
> Maybe I missed reading in the FirstKernelPatch tutorial that compile steps are OS dependent.
>

Your welcome. :) But Please note get familiar with the basic kernel
compilation process before jumping onto distro specific kernel
compilation.

>
> 1. Copy old configuration (Use old configuration to built the kernel):
> cp /boot/config-`'uname -r ` ./.config
>
> 2. Clean Working Directory
> "make-kpkg clean".
>
> 3. Compile the Kernel
>
> "export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=3" ( For parallel builds, faster compilation).
>
> "make-kpkg --initrd --revision=0.1CustomKernel kernel-image kernel-headers --rootcmd fakeroot"
>
> ( "0.1CustomKernel" can be any name of your choice to give the kernel you build a unique name. There are some restrictions on the names mentioned on
> make-kpkg man page
>  --rootcmd fakeroot complained of permission denied while building kernel so I used --rootcmd sudo)
>
> 4. Install the kernel
> "sudo dpkg -i ../linux-header.deb"
> "sudo dpkg -i ../linux-image.deb"
>
> 5. Reboot machine into new kernel.
>
> Compile the kernel in home directory don't use sudo except for
> installing the kernel.
>

Ya I missed a few details thanks for filling that up. :)

>
> Thanks again Anil! I can finally start familiarizing with subsystems and drivers and work towards my first kernel patch!

Your welcome once again.:) Also there is great book that Greg KH has written,

http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ (Linux Kernel In Nutshell), Its a great
start for beginners, All the kernel compilation steps are mentioned in
the book, be sure to read it. :)


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Regards,
Anil Nair