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<p dir="ltr">On Apr 29, 2018 9:51 AM, Sumit Kumar <sumit686215@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> I built a kernel for the first time following this guide : <br>
> https://kernelnewbies.org/OutreachyfirstpatchSetup<br>
><br>
> I rebooted my ubuntu machine and went to the grub menu and then chose <br>
> advanced option menu. I could see 5-6 different choices listed as Ubuntu <br>
> with different versions:<br>
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> 1. Are they all referring to some kernel build ?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Yeah, check the kernel versions and you'll see that all entries are different.</p>
<p dir="ltr">> 2. If so, how do I identify my build from the rest of the builds ? Is
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> there a way to name my build so that I can easily identify it ?</p>
<p dir="ltr">There is an option to append a string to the version of the kernel. Use it to tag your kernels, you can find it by doing `make nconfig` I think it's under the "General" category(I'm paraphrasing) check the docs for the actual wording.
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<p dir="ltr">Also after building and installing your new kernel you'll need to update your grub menu so it can detect the new kernel.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Alex</p>
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