On Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:17:44 +0200
Mario Marietto <marietto2008@???> wrote:

> Did you read my post ? I can't use kernel 5.10 on my Arm Chromebook. The

You could use whatever kernel version best suites you and build it
the way I told you using whatever config file you think is best.

Ciao

> latest version that I can use is 5.4. Despite this,my question is :
> Can I use a preconfigured 5.4 kernel config file and use it to recompile
> the (5.4) kernel for Devuan ? I need a kernel config file that already has
> inside all the options enabled to enable the iptables and the nftables and
> the bridge. Where can I find it ? If I grab the 5.4 source code from
> kernel.org I will grab only the source code or also the kernel config file ?
>
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 7:59 AM tito via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 19 Aug 2023 01:01:30 +0200
> > Mario Marietto via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello to everyone.
> > >
> > > What am I trying to do ? I have enabled Kvm for armhf on my ARM
> > Chromebook
> > > with the kernel 5.4. Now I'm trying to configure iptables and nftables by
> > > manually selecting every necessary entry inside the kernel file needed to
> > > enable those features. I need to do this to configure a network that I
> > will
> > > use with qemu with the aim to virtualize FreeBSD 13.2 for arm on the
> > > Chromebook.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately I have recompiled the kernel several times,but I couldn't
> > get
> > > iptables or nftables to work. It seems very complicated to reach the goal
> > > using this approach.
> > >
> > > The closest (for my needs) precompiled kernel I found for Devuan is the
> > > 5.10,present by default on the Devuan 4. But I can't use it,because the
> > > support for kvm for armhf has been removed on the kernel 5.7. So,I've
> > been
> > > forced to grab an older kernel. For sure,Devuan uses a kernel version
> > lower
> > > than 5.10,but it is not shipped on Devuan 4,but on Devuan 3...and it is
> > too
> > > low. Furthermore,Devuan 3 is much older than 4 and I don't want to use
> > it.
> > >
> > > So I've got an idea : If I get the kernel 5.4 config file of Ubuntu for
> > > armhf and then I use it with the devuan 4,can this approach work ? I know
> > > that Ubuntu has a release,more or less it is 20.04,that I can install on
> > a
> > > different sd card and then I can extract the kernel config file and I
> > > should hope that it is already configured for the iptables and / or the
> > > nftables. For sure that kernel file will not be configured for enabling
> > > kvm,but this step is easier.
> > >
> > > Can this approach work ? thanks.
> >
> > Hi,
> > ever thought of using the source from kernel.org? e.g. longterm:
> > 5.10.191.
> >
> > I use some script like this (untested) to compile it:
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > arch=x86_64
> > SRCDIR=YOURDIR
> > cd $SRCDIR
> > CONFIG="/path/to/config.yours"
> > cp -f $CONFIG "$SRCDIR/.config"
> > echo "REMOVE CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS"
> > ./scripts/config --set-val CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS \"\"
> > echo "REMOVE CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO"
> > ./scripts/config --set-val CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO n
> > grep CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS .config
> > make oldconfig
> >
> > # add the configs you need
> > ./scripts/config --set-val CONFIG_THAT_YOU_NEED y
> > make oldconfig
> >
> > make -j4 bindeb-pkg LOCALVERSION=-custom
> >
> > the result will be 3 debs that you can install e.g.:
> >
> > linux-headers-5.10.191-custom_5.10.191-custom-53_amd64.deb
> > linux-image-5.10.191-custom_5.10.191-custom-53_amd64.deb
> > linux-libc-dev_5.10.191-custom-53_amd64.deb
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Ciao,
> > Tito
> >
> >
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