Custom Debian kernel

This is just a check list to compile a custom debian kernel package.

Install the kernel-package package

$> apt-get install kernel-package

Unpack the kernel sources

$> tar jxvf kernel-source-2.4.27.tar.bz2

Configure the kernel

$> cd kernel-source-2.4.27/
$> make menuconfig

Compile

$> make-kpkg --revision 01 --append-to-version -adc kernel_image

Install your custom kernel

$> dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.27-adc_01_i386.deb

Some notes about the options

--revision

Sets the revision number of the resulting debian package.

--append-to-version

Sets the EXTRAVERSION variable in the kernel Makefile. It is useful to have a separate modules tree in /lib/modules for each kernel you want to use.


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