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Offline ozioma

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HOW TO EDIT THE LINUX KERNEL
« on: June 13, 2004, 06:47:57 PM »
PLEASE HOW CAN I EDIT THE LINUX KERNEL WHAT ARE THE COMMANDS



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HOW TO EDIT THE LINUX KERNEL
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2004, 04:15:33 AM »
Never did it but you have to edit the source code then compile the kernel.

Why do you want to do that?  

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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2004, 03:54:56 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2004, 04:43:34 PM »
Well to recompile the kernel go in the directory where the kernel source is installed ie. /usr/src/linux <ver>
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make menuconfignow ull get a menu like structure then choose ur config and save and exit
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make bzImagethis will compile the kernel
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make modulesthen type
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make modules_installtype
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make installfor installing the new compiled kernell

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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2004, 07:08:08 PM »
neo's instructions work for the 2.4 kernels.  2.6 kernel are a bit different.  There are actually fewer commands for the compile.  The config works for both 2.4 and 2.6 kernel.

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