Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: My personal wish-list | Date | Tue, 30 Apr 1996 15:16:40 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike McLagan" <> |
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You (Ulrich Windl) wrote > > On 29 Apr 96 at 14:50, Scott H. Perlman wrote: > > > Graham Mitchell wrote: > > > On 26 Apr 96 at 16:09, Aaron Fredrick Tiensivu wrote: > > > > o 'vmlinuz' created as a symlink pointing to 'vmlinuz_x.x.xxx' , same with > > > > System.map. That way, no need to go probing to the file looking for version > > > > signature. > > > > > > > I already have all my kernels with version numbers. > > > > make zlilo is not necessary, try > > $ make zImage && cp boot/arch/i86/zImage /vmlinux-x.x.xx > > $ vi /etc/lilo.conf && lilo > > > > make zlilo will automatically install vmlinuz and manage your kernels, which > > is great if you are building a stable kernel, and only need one backup. > > If you are playing with x.[13579].x you probably want a bit more control over > > which kernels you keep around. > > All good ideas, but I never liked the name "vmlinux"; it's > "zImage-1.3.95" (for example) for me. > > BTW: HP-UX 10 has it's kernel in /stand/ together with the > configuration file. Shouldn't Linux add "/config-1.3.95" when a > kernel is installed? An other thing is the system map...
I use a script to do my building, so I end up with exactly what is being discussed.
Mike was here...
/usr/src/linux/build: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #! /bin/bash
cd /usr/src/linux rm -f .version `find -name "*.orig" -print` `find -name "*.rej" -print` `find -name ".*.orig" -print` `find -name ".*.rej" -print`
VERSION=`grep VERSION Makefile | head -1 | cut -f3 -d' '` PATCH=`grep PATCHLEVEL Makefile | head -1 | cut -f3 -d' '` SUB=`grep SUBLEVEL Makefile | head -1 | cut -f3 -d' '`
cd / ln -sf vmlinuz-${VERSION}.${PATCH}${SUB} vmlinuz ln -sf zSystem-${VERSION}.${PATCH}${SUB} System.map rm -f *-${VERSION}.${PATCH}${SUB}
cd /usr/src/linux make zlilo modules shutdown -r +5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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