The linux kernel: a near religious experience

[bakerb]

I am getting into kernel hacking. I am currently trying to change the config scripts (arch/***/config.in) to #define some stuff in by build, but it isn't working right. Can anybody point me at some resources that relate to this knid of thing?

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-Brian



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[Sweede]

cd /usr/src/linux
make config (or) make xconfig (or) make menuconfig

100000 times easier than what your doing.

[Phreakee]

A good easy to follow article on how to hack the kernel is located here:
http://www.maximumlinux.com/howtos/howto/2000_03_01/kernel_1.html

Hope that helps, it is a whole lot easier than hacking the files by hand!!

[bakerb]

Thanks guys, but that wasn't quite what I was looking for. I know how to configure and compile a kernel. What I need to know is how to *change* the config scripts that you run during make *config . I know that these scripts are built from /arch/xxx/config.in (where xxx is your architecture), but I can't make the changes stick.

Thanks though
-B

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[Goughmezz]

Originally posted by bakerb:
I am getting into kernel hacking. I am currently trying to change the config scripts (arch/***/config.in) to #define some stuff in by build, but it isn't working right. Can anybody point me at some resources that relate to this knid of thing?

Don't forget to vote!! ( unless you're a democrat ;-) )

-Brian

So Linux is a religion??? http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif