Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752728AbYKGFQI (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:16:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750828AbYKGFPz (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:15:55 -0500 Received: from mail172.messagelabs.com ([216.82.254.3]:38350 "EHLO mail172.messagelabs.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750775AbYKGFPy convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:15:54 -0500 X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: buddhike.desilva@readify.net X-Msg-Ref: server-11.tower-172.messagelabs.com!1226034949!211803!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.12.14.2; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [203.89.209.186] From: Buddhike De Silva To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:15:36 +1100 Subject: Compiling a small kernel on Ubuntu Thread-Topic: Compiling a small kernel on Ubuntu Thread-Index: AclAl94HHS51mShqRAqDMYWet85hFw== Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US, en-AU Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US, en-AU Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1133 Lines: 21 Hi Everyone, I'm trying to learn how linux scheduler is implemented. As a result, I wanted to compile and run linux kernel from its source code. That way I can assure that I have a working base to play around. I started by following this article: http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html I managed to complete the given instructions and change Grub to display a new entry to select the newly compiled kernel. However, it falls over while trying to load (unable to handle kernel paging request). My gut feeling says I've missed something in the kernel configuration step. Can someone please tell me the basic set of options required for a kernel to get the following system up and running? Machine: IBM thinkpad t42 CPU: Intel Centrino Mobile 32bit RAM: 1 GB Hard Disk: 40GB IDE Also is there a guide for kernel debugging? Thanks a lot in advance. Cheers, Buddhike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/