Need Suggestions

Dave Stevens geek at uniserve.com
Wed Jul 18 00:10:05 EDT 2018


On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 02:35:09 +0200
Richard Siegfried <richard_siegfried at systemli.org> wrote:

> On 14/07/18 18:04, Athul Joy wrote:
> > Dear friends, I am new to the Linux kernel development.
> > Can anyone help me how to start my journey in order to build my own
> > kernel? 
> For me the debian kernel handbook was a great help especially chapter
> 4 and section 4.6.
> (https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ch-common-tasks.html#s-kernel-org-package)
> 
> There also is a book from greg kroah hartmann about building your own
> kernel that has a good reputation.
> 
> And I would recommend to start conservative, which means don't try out
> too many new/changed kernel options at once. Start with "make
> oldconfig" or even "make oldconfig". (If you don't know these two
> start with "make help"). 

$ make help
make: *** No rule to make target 'help'.  Stop.

d


You can always read about new kernel options
> and features inside the "make menuconfig" application with pressing
> "?"
> 
> Thanks,
> -- Richard
> 



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