Compiling the Linux Kernel "The Debian Way" (includes Ubuntu)

Date: April 2, 2008

Presenter: Chris Knadle

Intending to cover:

• Installation of required tools
• Loading/unloading modules, setting module options

• Changing options on-the-fly with sysfs, how to set options during reboot

• Basic kernel configuration

• Building Linux to a .deb package, as a regular user

• The initrd.img, what it is, what it does, how to examine it, how to make it

• Basic git, quilt, and patch usage

• Patching the vanilla kernel for AppArmor for use with Ubuntu

• Compiling drivers from the repository to .deb packages (Nvidia, kqemu, etc)

A handout will be included which will give detailed instructions on how to compile and install the Linux kernel for Debian or Ubuntu.

Handout (OpenDocument form): LinuxKernel_Handout_04-02-2008.odt
Handout (PDF form): LinuxKernel_Handout_04-02-2008.pdf
Presentation (OpenDocument form): LinuxKernel_Presentation_04-02-2008.odp
Presentation (PDF form): LinuxKernel_Presentation_04-02-2008.pdf