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Next Previous Contents The Linux Kernel HOWTO Brian Ward, bri@cs.uchicago.edu v2.2, 11 Feb 2025 This is a detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, upgrades, and troubleshooting for ix86-based systems. 1. Introduction 1.1 Read this first! (I mean it) 1.2 A word on style 2. Quick Steps - Kernel Compile 3. Important questions and their answers 3.1 What does the kernel do, anyway? 3.2 Why would I want to upgrade my kernel? 3.3 What kind of hardware do the newer kernels support? 3.4 What version of gcc and libc do I need? 3.5 What's a loadable module? 3.6 How much disk space do I need? 3.7 How long does it take? 4. How to actually configure the kernel 4.1 Getting the source 4.2 Unpacking the source 4.3 Configuring the kernel 4.4 Now what? (The Makefile) 5. Compiling the kernel 5.1 Cleaning and depending 5.2 Compile time 5.3 Other ``make''ables 5.4 Installing the kernel 6. Patching the kernel 6.1 Applying a patch 6.2 If something goes wrong 6.3 Getting rid of the .orig files 6.4 Other patches 7. Additional packages 7.1 kbd 7.2 util-linux 7.3 hdparm 7.4 gpm 8. Some pitfalls 8.1 make clean 8.2 Huge or slow kernels 8.3 The parallel port doesn't work/my printer doesn't work 8.4 Kernel doesn't compile 8.5 New version of the kernel doesn't seem to boot 8.6 You forgot to run LILO, or system doesn't boot at all 8.7 It says `warning: bdflush not running' 8.8 I can't get my IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drive to work 8.9 It says weird things about obsolete routing requests 8.10 Firewalling not working in 1.2.0 8.11 ``Not a compressed kernel Image file'' 8.12 Problems with console terminal after upgrade to 1.3.x 8.13 Can't seem to compile things after kernel upgrade 8.14 Increasing limits 9. Note for upgrade to version 2.0.x, 2.2.x 10. Modules 10.1 Installing the module utilities 10.2 Modules distributed with the kernel 11. Tips and tricks 11.1 Redirecting output of the make or patch commands 11.2 Conditional kernel install 11.3 Kernel updates 12. Other relevant HOWTOs that might be useful 13. Misc 13.1 Author 13.2 To do 13.3 Contributions 13.4 Copyright notice, License, and all that stuff 14. Other Formats of this Document Next Previous Contents

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