From f93d3e73097d533229ad59b75a3f779da1d97af7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 16:03:01 +0000 Subject: Update section on kernel compilation to refer to common package where applicable --- en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml') diff --git a/en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml b/en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml index 9d02ce08a..807910bfb 100644 --- a/en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml +++ b/en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml @@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ Don't be afraid to try compiling the kernel. It's fun and profitable. To compile a kernel the Debian way, you need some packages: -kernel-package, -kernel-source-&kernelversion; (the most recent version -at the time of this writing), fakeroot and a -few others which are probably already installed (see +fakeroot, kernel-package, +kernel-source-&kernelversion; +(the most recent version at the time of this writing) +linux-source-2.6 +and a few others which are probably already installed (see /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz for the complete list). @@ -77,8 +78,9 @@ Note that you don't have to compile your kernel the Debian way; but we find that using the packaging system to manage your kernel is actually safer and easier. In fact, you can get your kernel sources right from Linus instead of -kernel-source-&kernelversion;, yet still use the -kernel-package compilation method. +kernel-source-&kernelversion;, +linux-source-2.6, +yet still use the kernel-package compilation method. @@ -103,8 +105,11 @@ permissions. . We'll also assume that your kernel version is &kernelversion;. Make sure you are in the directory to where you want to unpack the kernel sources, extract them using tar xjf -/usr/src/kernel-source-&kernelversion;.tar.bz2 and change -to the directory kernel-source-&kernelversion; +/usr/src/kernel-source-&kernelversion;.tar.bz2 +/usr/src/linux-source-&kernelversion;.tar.bz2 +and change to the directory +kernel-source-&kernelversion; +linux-source-&kernelversion; that will have been created. @@ -174,6 +179,9 @@ above step may have produced, then shutdown -r now. +For more information on Debian kernels and kernel +compilation, see the Debian Linux Kernel +Handbook. For more information on kernel-package, read the fine documentation in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package. -- cgit v1.2.3