On Thu, 23 May 2002, Erich Schulz wrote:
> how do you generate the system map files etc.
It is generated when you compile the kernel. For example to
compile 2.4.18 for the latest Red Hat Linux:
Install distribution kernel source, it suck that RH don't put their
config files in a seperate (much smaller) RPM
$ rpm -i kernel-source-2.4.9-31.i386.rpm
Install Linux kernel source
$ cd /usr/src
$ bzip2 -dc ~/linux-2.4.18.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
$ mv linux linux-2.4.18-gt1
$ cd linux-2.4.18-gt1
Alter makefile
$ vi Makefile
EXTRAVERSION="-gt1"
Sometimes you will also need to set
CC=kgcc
This isn't so at the moment
Configure kernel using Red Hat defaults, pick the right RH config
file from the directory
$ cp ../linux-2.4.9-31/configs/kernel-2.4.9-i686.config .config
$ make oldconfig
Standard compile one-liner, make clean is redundant unless you change
the .config
$ make clean && make dep && make bzImage && make modules
It worked, install
# make modules_install
# V=2.4.18-gt1
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-$V
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-$V
# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-${V}.img $V
Update boot loader
# vi /etc/grub.conf
[Copy entry for "Red Hat Linux" to get "root ()" and "root="
and paste it as the first "title" entry, now edit it to become]
title Linux (2.4.18-gt1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinux-2.4.18-gt1 ro root=/dev/hda6
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-gt1.img
> module-info file
This is a kernel-dependent file but is a file specific to Red Hat Linux
used by its automated configuration tools. It doesn't matter if it is not
present.
It's not clear how this file is built, or which config tools use it.
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