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--- modify_compile_linux_kernel_in_ubuntu [09.09.2010 19:09] – created Pascal Suter
+++ modify_compile_linux_kernel_in_ubuntu [20.09.2010 17:17] (current) – Pascal Suter
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   apt-get install fakeroot kernel-wedge build-essential makedumpfile kernel-package libncurses5-dev
   sudo apt-get build-dep linux
-  apt-get build-dep --no-install-recommends linux-image-$(uname -r)
+  apt-get build-dep --no-install-recommends linux-image-`uname -r`
-  apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)
+  apt-get source linux-image-`uname -r`
+  * in ubuntu 10.04 you need to copy the package scripts for ubuntu because otherwhise the initrd file will not be generated (more details in [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile|this wiki article]])
+  cp linux-2.6.32/debian/control-scripts/{postinst,postrm,preinst,prerm} kernel-package/pkg/image/
+  cp linux-2.6.32/debian/control-scripts/headers-postinst kernel-package/pkg/headers/
   * cd into the linux-xxx directory that was created containing the sources
-  * if edit the config
+  * if you want, edit the config
   make menuconfig
-  * compile and build a deb package
+  * compile and build a deb package (nothe, the overlay-dir is only needed for ubuntu 10.04 (and maybe later too?))
   make-kpkg clean
-  fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
+  fakeroot make-kpkg --overlay-dir=$HOME/kernel-package/ --initrd --append-to-version=-custom.1.0 kernel_image kernel_headers
   * install the new kernel
-  dpkg-i ../linux-image-.....deb
+  dpkg -i ../linux-image-.....deb
+  dpkg -i ../linux-headers-.....deb
   * reboot :)