[plug] Debian Kernel compile

[Tim Bowden]

Thanks All,

Got the guide(s), now for a question I suspect has no definitive
answer;  What are the pro's and con's of getting the latest kernel
source from debian woody (2.4.18) as against kernel.org which has
2.4.24?  I have heard both opinions expressed without any reasoning. 
Apart from having the latest kernel, will using source from kernel.org
add any complications?

Thanks,
Tim Bowden


On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 12:26, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Tim Bowden wrote:
> 
> | Some time ago, I came across a guide to compiling and installing new
> | kernels on a debian system that showed how to create a .deb of the new
> | kernel.  I lost the guide.  Does anyone know of the location of any such
> | guide?
> 
> There's one written by Jon Oxer hiding on Linmagau somewhere.
> 
> http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=131&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
> 
> One amendment I'd make to that page is that rather than building it as
> root, I prefer to untar the kernel sources in my home directory and pass
> the "--rootcmd fakeroot" option to make-kpkg, which will allow it to
> build the kernel .deb without needing root privs.
> 
> Cameron.
> 
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