Recompiling the kernel

[blue_wolf]

Hi all,

i installed gentoo with genkernel but it didnt have a module for my soundcard. So i used make menuconfig and selected the module i needed setting it to 'M'. I then saved my changes and exited. I then ran make modules && make modules_install. I then had the module i needed but when i modprobe it i get a few errors. I read that i might be more successfull to instead of selecting 'M' for the module in make menuconfig i compile it into the kernel by changing it to a *. When i do that and exit and save changes what command do i need to enter (i.e. before i had to enter make modules && make modules_install)? Also will i need to do anything else to get the driver working or because it is compiled into the kernel will it do it itself?

Please remember i installed genkernel, so im not sure if this will have any unwanted effects when recompiling the kernel.

Thanks

[Monkeh]

I'm not sure about genkernel, but to compile the kernel, use:

make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install

[variant]

you add specific hardware to the genkernel build like this:

genkernel --menuconfig

make the changes you need and exit

edit: make sure /boot is mounted first!

[blue_wolf]

So thats basically it then? As root just do, genkernel --menuconfig and save changes and exit? No other commands like make bZimage or make modules or anything? Thanks for your help both

[variant]

yeah man genkernel does the lot afaik.. make sure /boot is mounted first though

[loft306]

I'm not sure about genkernel, but to compile the kernel, use:

make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install

thoes commands are for a 2.4.x kernel

for a 2.6.x kernel the commands are

make;make modules modules_install

and if you want the kernel installed into /boot for you you must

mount /boot

first then add install to the end of the command

make;make modules modules_install install

[Monkeh]

I'm not sure about genkernel, but to compile the kernel, use:

make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install

thoes commands are for a 2.4.x kernel

Good point. I only use 2.4 kernels, so I didn't think about 2.6