The Linux Kernel HOWTO
Brian Ward,
bri@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at
v0.51, 22 February 1996
This is a detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, and upgrades.
1.
Introduction
1.1 Read this first! (I mean it)
1.2 A word on style
2.
Important questions and their answers
2.1 What does the kernel do, anyway?
2.2 Why would I want to upgrade my kernel?
2.3 What kind of hardware do the newer kernels support?
2.4 What version of gcc and libc do I need?
2.5 What's a loadable module?
2.6 How much disk space do I need?
2.7 How long does it take?
3.
How to actually configure the kernel
3.1 Getting the source
3.2 Unpacking the source
3.3 Configuring the kernel
3.4 Now what? (The Makefile)
4.
Compiling the kernel
4.1 Cleaning and depending
4.2 Compile time
4.3 Other ``make''ables
4.4 Installing the kernel
5.
Patching the kernel
5.1 Applying a patch
5.2 If something goes wrong
5.3 Getting rid of the .orig files
5.4 Other patches
6.
Additional packages
6.1 kbd
6.2 util-linux
6.3 hdparm
6.4 gpm
7.
Some pitfalls
7.1 make clean
7.2 Huge or slow kernels
7.3 Kernel doesn't compile
7.4 New version of the kernel doesn't seem to boot
7.5 You forgot to run LILO, or system doesn't boot at all
7.6 It says `warning: bdflush not running'
7.7 It says stuff about undefined symbols and does not compile
7.8 I can't get my IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drive to work
7.9 It says weird things about obsolete routing requests
7.10 Firewalling not working in 1.2.0
7.11 ``Not a compressed kernel Image file''
7.12 Problems with console terminal after upgrade to 1.3.x
7.13 Can't seem to compile things after kernel upgrade
8.
Modules
8.1 Installing the module utilities
8.2 Modules distributed with the kernel
9.
Other configuration options
9.1 General setup
9.2 Networking options
10.
Tips and tricks
10.1 Redirecting output of the make or patch commands
10.2 Conditional kernel install
10.3 Kernel updates
11.
Other relevant HOWTOs that might be useful
12.
Misc
12.1 Author
12.2 To do
12.3 Contributions
12.4 Copyright notice, License, and all that stuff
