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Debian Squeeze Kernel Compilation: Install Linux-Source

This document provides instructions for compiling a custom Linux kernel on Debian Squeeze. It describes downloading the kernel source, installing build tools, configuring options like processor type and preemption model, building and packaging the kernel, and installing the new kernel packages. Key steps include using make menuconfig to configure options, building with fakeroot make-kpkg, and updating initramfs before rebooting into the new kernel.

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Debian Squeeze Kernel Compilation: Install Linux-Source

This document provides instructions for compiling a custom Linux kernel on Debian Squeeze. It describes downloading the kernel source, installing build tools, configuring options like processor type and preemption model, building and packaging the kernel, and installing the new kernel packages. Key steps include using make menuconfig to configure options, building with fakeroot make-kpkg, and updating initramfs before rebooting into the new kernel.

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Debian Squeeze Kernel Compilation

Install linux-source
sudo apt-get install linux-source-2.6.32

Install required packages


sudo apt-get install fakeroot bzip2 kernel-package libncurses-dev

Install build dependencies


sudo apt-get build-dep linux-source-2.6.32

Add your username to src group


sudo adduser `whoami` src Logout and login back into your box to reflect your new group status

Change directory to /usr/src


cd /usr/src

Extract the source


tar xjvf linux-source-2.6.32.tar.bz2

Create a symlink to the extracted linux source folder


ln -s linux-source-2.6.32 linux

cd linux

Prepare for building linux kernel


make clean make mrproper

Copy the config file from existing linux kernel installed on your system
cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config

make menuconfig

Go down to Load an Alternate Configuration File and load .config

Go to Processor type and features --->

Go into Processor family (Generic-x86-64) --->

Choose Core 2/newer Xeon

Choose Preemption Model (Voluntary Kernel Preemption (Desktop)) --->

Choose Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)

Choose Timer frequency (250 HZ) --->

Change frequency to 300 HZ

Exit out of this screen and Select an Alternative Configuration File

and press ok. Now exit out of the menuconfig

Cross verify the changes you did to .config file using diff

diff /boot/config-`uname -r` .config

Building Kernel

Compilation speedup tips


If you have a core2duo or quad core, increase the concurrency level to 2 or 4 Here I use an i7 so I set the concurrency level to 8 export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=8

Clean
make-kpkg clean

Build the kernel


fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version "<-suffix>" --revision "<revision#>" --us --uc --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers replace <-suffix> with a meaninful suffix and <revision#> with a meaninful revision number here I gave fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version "-core2" --revision "1" --us --uc --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers

Install newly built kernel packages


cd .. sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.32-core2_1_amd64.deb linux-headers-2.6.32-core2_1_amd64.deb

Update initramfs before rebooting into new kernel


sudo update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.32-core2 the version along with version you appended earlier (here it is core2 since I appended it earlier)

Check if you are running new kernel after rebooting using uname
uname -a

Since this kernel is compiled for core2 and with preemption, it should feel more responsive

References
http://linuxsaga.com/guide/compiling-a-new-kernel-in-debian http://technowizah.com/2005/12/debian-how-to-custom-kernel-compile.html http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html#INSTALL-KERNEL-PKG http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_debian_etch

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