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| author | Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> | 2005-10-20 10:41:44 -0700 |
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| committer | Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> | 2005-10-20 10:41:44 -0700 |
| commit | 9cec58dc138d6fcad9f447a19c8ff69f6540e667 (patch) | |
| tree | 4fe1cca94fdba8b705c87615bee06d3346f687ce /README | |
| parent | 17e5ad6c0ce5a970e2830d0de8bdd60a2f077d38 (diff) | |
| parent | ac9b9c667c2e1194e22ebe0a441ae1c37aaa9b90 (diff) | |
Update from upstream with manual merge of Yasunori Goto's
changes to swiotlb.c made in commit 281dd25cdc0d6903929b79183816d151ea626341
since this file has been moved from arch/ia64/lib/swiotlb.c to
lib/swiotlb.c
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel: "make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool. "make oldconfig" Default all questions based on the contents of your existing ./.config file. + "make silentoldconfig" + Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen + with questions already answered. NOTES on "make config": - having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can @@ -169,9 +172,6 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel: should probably answer 'n' to the questions for "development", "experimental", or "debugging" features. - - Check the top Makefile for further site-dependent configuration - (default SVGA mode etc). - COMPILING the kernel: - Make sure you have gcc 2.95.3 available. @@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ COMPILING the kernel: are installing a new kernel with the same version number as your working kernel, make a backup of your modules directory before you do a "make modules_install". + Alternatively, before compiling, use the kernel config option + "LOCALVERSION" to append a unique suffix to the regular kernel version. + LOCALVERSION can be set in the "General Setup" menu. - In order to boot your new kernel, you'll need to copy the kernel image (e.g. .../linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage after compilation) |