Friday, July 26, 2013
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Steps to Compile Linux Kernel with Different Configuration Options


Below Steps describe How to Compile Linux Kernel with Different Configuration Options
1. Download Kernel from https://www.kernel.org/ 
download tar.xz file Example:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.10.3.tar.xz
2. Extract tar.xz file
tar -xvf linux-3.10.3.tar.xz
3. Goto Extracted folder
cd linux-3.10.3
4. Configuration command is
make menuconfig
based on requirement you can choose different configuration options

"make config"      Plain text interface.
"make menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
"make xconfig"     X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
"make gconfig"     X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
"make oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of
  your existing ./.config file and asking about
  new config symbols.
"make silentoldconfig"
  Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
  with questions already answered.
  Additionally updates the dependencies.
"make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
  symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
  or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig,
  depending on the architecture.
"make ${PLATFORM}_defconfig"
 Create a ./.config file by using the default
 symbol values from
 arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig.
 Use "make help" to get a list of all available
 platforms of your architecture.
"make allyesconfig"
  Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
  values to 'y' as much as possible.
"make allmodconfig"
  Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
  values to 'm' as much as possible.
"make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
  values to 'n' as much as possible.
"make randconfig"  Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
  values to random values.

4. make
5. make modules
6. make modules_install
7. make install
8. Check /boot/grub/grub.conf file whether new kernel entry added or not
if it is not there try "update-grub" command

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