linux-kernel - Re: Question/help re: themake scripts in 2.6.36

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Message-ID: <20101107074213.GL3046@hack>
Date:	Sun, 7 Nov 2010 15:42:13 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	JD <jd1008@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question/help re: themake scripts in 2.6.36

On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 09:51:51PM -0700, JD wrote:
> I have compiled 2.6.36 (i686) without any problems.
> Since then, I have decided to change a couple of
> config variables (using xconfig).


You can use 'make oldconfig'.

> When done, running make all
> causes the make scripts to stop compilation after building
> a few objects, and spawn a shell.
> Since I have no idea what to do in that shell, I exit
> that shell, and the compilaton continues.
> This takes place 3 times before compilation is complete.
>


What? How can make spawn a shell...

Can you copy and paste what you see and what you get
from your terminal?

> Now, when I type make modules_install install,
> only modules_install is done. /boot does not get
> populated and /boot/grub/grub.conf is unchanged.
>
> The currently installed and running 2.6.36-1
> went through a similar scenario during build,
> but at least install did work.
> Now the install does not work.
> Befor the present build attempt,
> I had edited the Makefile to change the EXTRAVERSION to -2
> in order not to clobber the installed  2.6.36-1
>
> Could someone tell me what to do to force the install in /boot?
> /lib/modules does have 2.6.36-2.fc13.i686 fully populated.
>

Since you are using Fedora, you can try grubby or new-kernel-pkg.

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