[ale] SuSE 8.2, Building a kernel

[F. Grant Robertson]

I'm not sure how different this is from doing make menuconfig with a
config file you've copied in but, I've used "make oldconfig" with much
success. It does a sort of diff between old and new, and only asks you
for options that didn't exist with the last kernel.

Also, I know very little about suse and, I'm not sure if this is the
version but, the bootsplash kernel patches that suse (8.2? 8.3?) uses
are "bleeding edge" and, need to be patched in if your not using a suse
kernel (this only applies with a framebuffer console).
http://bootsplash.org/ I only know this after making a custom kernel
under Mandrake, to get some of the extended functionality Suse is using.

I will have to say, adding the bootsplash patch was a bit ugly, but I
think some of it was me. It had been way too long since I'd patched or
built a kernel, YMMV.

Kernel compiles are like a zen garden. :)  Rake, rake again, repeat.

-G
 
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 23:22, BruceG wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 August 2003 17:15, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 August 2003 23:03, BruceG wrote:
> > >       The boot died, I did not enable reiser support in the kernel. So
> > > built again, this time forgetting FAT (for my Windows partition) - but
> > > was able to boot and get a console. So - rebuilding again, making sure to
> > > include reiser, fat (for Win95), my network card, usbhid support for
> > > mouse and joystick, and BTTV support. I also copied my XF86Config files:
> > > 1 for compiled NVidia support, and one for using the open NV drivers.
> > > Will swap XF86Config files before rebooting.
> >
> > Do you have your original .config file from the working kernel.
> 
> Under SuSE, is that the /boot/vmlinuz.config file? If so - then yes, I have 
> it. I copied /boot/vmlinuz.config to /usr/src/linux/.config - then went from 
> there.
> 
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