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Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 09:53
by Shador
thenktor wrote:Shador wrote:It's probably easier to build the current kernel yourself with gcc 4.5, i.e. a stock 13.37 toolchain. Unless you don't need 3rd-party modules. This is because upgrading a toolchain can have quite a huge impact compared to a kernel change.
A toolchain only upgrade is insane, better upgrade everything to current then... and lose a lot of Salix packages that might not work in current.
That's why I prefer a rebuild of the current kernel with the 13.37 toolchain. Not that I did or need this.
But it should be quite straightforward.
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 10:14
by reyoutiao
Shador wrote:
That's why I prefer a rebuild of the current kernel with the 13.37 toolchain. Not that I did or need this.
But it should be quite straightforward.
Haha. Easy for you maybe. I'm downloading 3.2.13 right now (pointed Gslapt at an ftp mirror, derp), and have no real idea what it will do. Oh well!
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 10:20
by mimosa
Also, as I understand it, you really don't want the current repos. The idea is to upgrade just the kernel.
The problem with glibc presumably just related to the nvidia driver I built "just for fun", and I'd better downgrade glibc and gcc for normal operations. In fact I think that's what I did, because I didn't blacklist them in Gslapt and I certainlydidn't enable any extra repos.
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 11:20
by reyoutiao
Well, I guess it might help if you understood that I don't really understand what I'm doing. Just following a set of instructions and hoping my wi-fi is detected on reboot. I enabled the modules for my card (Realtek 8191SEvA2), so there's that. It's making the bzImage file right now.
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 11:27
by thom1
reyoutiao wrote:I enabled the modules for my card (Realtek 8191SEvA2), so there's that. It's making the bzImage file right now.
bzImage doesn't include modules. If you enable your wifi driver as module, you need to recompile only modules, not bzImage.
As root, make :
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$ cd /usr/src/linux
$ make modules modules_install
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 11:36
by thenktor
reyoutiao wrote:It's making the bzImage file right now.
Huh? Two posts ago you've said you are downloading a kernel with gslapt. Now you are talking about building a kernel yourself. What are you actually doing?
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 12:21
by reyoutiao
Hmmmm.
I suppose I'm building it? Is that redundant?
I downloaded 3.2.13 using slapt-get. Then symlinked it to Linux in usr/src. Is that all I had to do?
Edit: I have no real background in Linux, so I'm just throwing darts, hoping one will stick.
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 12:23
by thom1
reyoutiao wrote:Hmmmm.
I suppose I'm building it? Is that redundant?
I downloaded 3.2.13 using slapt-get. Then symlinked it to Linux in usr/src. Is that all I had to do?
It seems you really don't know what to do. I suggest you to find on the net how compile your own kernel because you need it.
Good luck
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 12:32
by reyoutiao
thom1 wrote:It seems you really don't know what to do. I suggest you to find on the net how compile your own kernel because you need it.
Good luck
I've been trying to say that! It's fun, though, even if I don't really know what's going on.
Thanks for the good luck.
I've been following this guide:
http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/dok ... elbuilding, since I assume Slackware how-tos work with Salix.
Re: Can I use the Slackware -current kernel?
Posted: 29. Mar 2012, 13:20
by thom1
Good guide !