[Gllug] Compiling a Kernel

[Harry Jackson]

--- Adam Bower <abower at thebowery.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 May 2002, Harry Jackson wrote:
> 
> > I have downloaded the source for 2.4.18 and was wondering if there
> was
> > an easy way to compile the kernel for the same modules as is
> currently
> > being used by my 2.4.16 kernel. I have only got the use of "make
> > config" which is a very laborious process and make oldconfig is no
> use
> > as I do not have a config file from a working kernel install.
> 
> have a look in /boot and there may be a file called config-2.4.16 (or
> similar) depending on how and where you got it from....

I copied the config file in boot for the 2.4.16-k7 kernel into the
source directory

$> 2.4.18/.config

I then ran 
make mrproper
make oldconfig
make dep
make modules
make modules_install


It all went fine except that the new kernel has got considerably less
modules installed in

/lib/modules/2.4.18/


Why are the modules not being spotted from the config file. I looked in
the 2.4.16 config file and noticed lots of options for ppp but none of
the modules have even been compiled for the new kernel.

I am missing something quite profound here, any ideas.

Harry









 


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