dumb question: tracking kernel back to sources that built it.

[Paul Andreassen]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 02:02 pm, marty fouts wrote:
> I'm set in my ways. One of the things I like to be able to do before I
> start whacking away at a kernel is be able to build the installed
> kernel from sources. But I seem to be having trouble doing that with
> Ubuntu.
>
> I've installed the 2.6.15-23-686 kernel on a particular box. Then I've
> grabbed the linux-source-2.6.15 kernel source tree.  The config file
> that's installed with the 23-686 binary tries to compile some obscure
> usb driver that won't compile, which makes me suspect it is not the
> right config file. The config file one gets by default from the kernel
> tree isn't for an smp, so I'm sure it's not the right config file.
>
> I've tried the irc channel and the forums and even a lot of googling,
> but I've clearly missed the steps I need to take in order to be able
> to reproduce the kernel from sources.  What am I missing?
>
> Thanks

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelCustomBuild

I've done it using make-kpkg but this is better.

Paul
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