Quick check about kernel patching and compile...

[Alexander Poslavsky]

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 10:37:37 +0000, Andy Main <ubuntu at chicken-farm.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 11:13 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 11:09:10AM +0000, Andy Main wrote:
> >
> > > Is it? The config file says it isn't.  Should have mentioned before, I
> > > have an amd64.
> >
> > Ah, I see.  Yes, the default kernel doesn't build with CONFIG_PREEMPT on
> > amd64.  Are you sure that it is safe?
> 
> Nope - but you live and learn!  I have a default work partition, and I
> keep a second partition for audio work(ardour, csound, etc.) - so if
> anything breaks I can still do my work.  My audio partition was based on
> Gentoo before, but I have had such a nice experience with Ubuntu I
> thought I'd try this out.
> 
> 
> 
> > > In any case patch my kernel I would like to know how to redo a kernel
> > > and still be able to have the same system (in case I patch, I'm an audio
> > > user and my latency needs to be v. low).  Is there a method to rebuild
> > > the restricted modules and have the Nvidia module put in the right place
> > > (I think it gets installed in the old kernel each time)?  What else is
> > > in this restricted modules package?
> >
> > You need to build linux-restricted-modules against your new kernel if you
> > break module compatibility with the stock configuration.  The package
> > description and source shows what is in it.
> 
> When I get a chance I will have a look and do it. I will try and make
> notes and post some sort of howto on the wiki (never done this before).

Feel free to ask for help, with writing the howto, you can ask at
#ubuntu-doc or the ubuntu-mailinglist.

also: https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/DocumentHowto

greets, Alexander Poslavsky Ubuntu Doc Team