dokernel script

[X11]

Everytime I get a new kernel patch to play around with I usually have to unpack the full 2.6.8 tree that I have, patch it up to 2.6.8, then patch that up to 2.6.9, and in tonights case, i wanted to patch that up to 2.6.10-rc1. Then I would have to rename the folder to the new version name, and other manual work.

I wrote a script to do this for me, thought I would post it since its a pretty good idea, however kind of obvious, it could be of use to people who are new to linux and not very confident in there shell scripting skills.

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#!/bin/sh
                                                                               
#my quick and easy kernel source tree patching/unpacking script
                                                                               
SOURCESPATH=/stuff/software/Unix/Linux/kernel/
                                                                               
SPECPATCH=$1
                                                                               
#unpack 2.6.8 kernel sources
echo "Unpacking 2.6.8 sources"
tar -zxf `echo $SOURCESPATH`linux-2.6.8.tar.gz
cd linux-2.6.8
VERSION=2.6.8
                                                                               
#patch em up to 2.6.9
echo "Patching $VERSION > 2.6.9"
bzip2 -dc `echo $SOURCESPATH`patch-2.6.9.bz2 | patch -p1
cd ..
VERSION=2.6.9
                                                                               
#apply specified patch
if [ $SPECPATCH ]; then
                                                                               
        echo "Patching $VERSION > $SPECPATCH"
        bzip2 -dc 'echo $SOURCESPATH'patch-'echo $SPECPATCH'.bz2 | patch -p1
        VERSION=$SPECPATCH
                                                                               
fi
                                                                               
mv linux-2.6.8 linux-$VERSION
                                                                               
echo "Kernel Sources for $VERSION available in linux-$VERSION"


Of course you will probably need to modify this, like what it does automatically (in this scripts case, unpacking 2.6.8, patching to 2.6.9).

Then I can just do a

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[root@exeleven src]# ./dokernel 2.6.10-rc1


[Void Main]

Good one X11. Now take it the extra step and have it configure/compile and install the new kernel. :)

[X11]

Yea, im thinking of somthing like that.

I was thinking of writing a script that checks your hardware and selects the right modules and other things.

[worker201]

I'm thinking it would be easier to make a little list of your hardware, and have it grab all the necessary modules for you. Kinda like a 'kernelmods.conf' or something, you know, just a list of your hardware that you pass as an argument to your script. Then, you can take the guesswork out of the hardware detection. You could also build custom kernels for other people from your computer. Well, whatever works for you, just an idea.

[X11]

I was thinking of just using the information from /proc/pci and /proc/cpuinfo, etc.

However things like generalised hardware could be loaded as a module by default. But also manually turned off using the usual .config file/kconfig/etc