Re: config <kernelname>

[Steven Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Oct 8, 2009, at 10:18 PM, David Johnson wrote:

> I am attempting to compile the i836 arch version 5.0 kernel in order  
> to customize it to my group of machines.

What version are you running on?  Are you using build.sh?  If not, you  
should; it will compile a 5.0 config for you.

The other obvious question: is MYKERNEL in the same directory?  There  
are often included files in GENERIC.
> I copied GENERIC to MYKERNEL and attempted to config it with the  
> following
>
> config MYKERNEL
>
> and received a bunch of errors which prevented further progress.    
> The kernel building Howto explains that these must be cleaned up  
> before going to the next step.
>
> I would have thought that the existing GENERIC kernel config file  
> would be suitable for reuse.  Am I doing something wrong or
> what?
>
> If I have failed to note a previous response to this question,  
> please excuse the faux pas..  I'm just getting started with this and  
> am prone to stumble here and there.
>
> thanks,
>
> David
> Birmingham
> <electronsciences.vcf>


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb