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Autor: Antonio Trkdz.tab
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Dla: Didier Kryn, katolaz
CC: dng
Temat: Re: [DNG] Install a new kernel
Thank you for the info!

>It's Devuan, obvoiously.


Got it! :)

>I don't know whether you already are aware of it, but the best way to

compile a vanilla kernel on Debian/Devuas is through using
kernel-package, which compiles the kernel and produces a
ready-to-install .deb package.

Yeah, you mentioned that in one of those early posts I was referring to.
It looks the easiest solution, configuration issues apart....

Antonio




On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Didier Kryn <kryn@???> wrote:

> Le 25/05/2016 16:25, Antonio Trkdz.tab a écrit :
>
>> Thank you Didier and Urban.
>>
>> >I think you can compile your kernel with any version of gcc 3, 4 or 5,
>> but take care of the C library. The libc used by your OS (ie glibc) must be
>> compiled with the kernel headers for the kernel version it runs on.
>>
>> So to be clear...if I download the sources and I compile them with the
>> tools actually on my system, do I need the relative linux-headers package?
>> building the modules will be OK ?
>>
>
>     You will need the glibc for that kernel. If the glibc doesn't match
> the kernel version, you may experience errors in some applications, because
> the interface to some system calls may have changed.

>
>     Some applications you may want to compile may need the kernel headers.

>
>     Didier

>
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