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= Building a custom kernel
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= Building a Custom Kernel
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`_topic_map.yml`.
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The Fedora kernel is just another package in Fedora and can be compiled like any other application.
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This document provides instructions for advanced users who want to
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rebuild the kernel from some source. Note, however, that when building
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or running any such kernel, one should NOT expect support from the
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Fedora kernel team; you're pretty much on your own here if something
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doesn't work as you'd hoped or expected. But hey, you're an advanced
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user, so you can handle it, right? Anyway, advanced users build custom
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kernels for a variety of reasons:
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* To apply patches for testing that they either generated or obtained
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* To learn more about the kernel and kernel development
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[[dependencies-for-building-kernels]]
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Dependencies for building kernels
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Not all of these will apply to all methods but this provides a good
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`fedpkg` will make a clone of the Fedora kernel from link:++http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/kernel.git/++[pkg-git] into a directory called ‘kernel’.
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dependency list of items to install
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`# sudo dnf install fedpkg fedora-packager rpmdevtools ncurses-devel pesign`
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tree once you have checked it out
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`# sudo dnf builddep kernel.spec`
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cd kernel
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`# sudo /usr/libexec/pesign/pesign-authorize-users`
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[[building-a-kernel-from-the-fedora-source-tree]]
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Building a Kernel from the Fedora source tree
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Make sure you have installed all dependencies
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`$ fedpkg clone kernel`
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`$ fedpkg clone -a kernel`
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e.g. for fedora 23,
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`$ git checkout origin/f23`
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You can now make whatever changes / customizations you need before
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generating the rpms and installing them. You may want to consider
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uncommenting
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`# define buildid .local`
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The rpms will be generated in a subdirectory $ARCH which can then be
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[[rebuilding]]
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Rebuilding
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^^^^^^^^^^
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once you have already built the tree once is mostly the same. A
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`make clean` is recommended between builds. This will leave the .config
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in place, so you can skip that step above and proceed straight to the
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`make bzImage` part of the steps above. Because we installed ccache in
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the first step, subsequent builds may go a lot faster as the compiler
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hits files that haven't changed since the last time it built them.
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[[cleaning-up]]
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Cleaning up
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Once you have tested the kernel, and you've booted back to one of your
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kernels installed from an RPM, you can clean up the files that the above
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procedure installed by becoming root, and calling these commands. (Be
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sure to get the kernel version correct!) Remember above, we changed
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EXTRAVERSION to add a 'tag' to the kernel ? All the files it installed
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will have this as part of the filename. So you should be able to use
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wildcards to delete them safely using commands similar to those below.
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(Just replace 'dave' with whatever tag you chose)
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....
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rm -f /boot/config-2.6.*dave* /boot/initrd-2.6.*dave* /boot/vmlinuz-*dave* /boot/System.map-*dave*
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rm -rf /lib/modules/2.6*dave*
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Finally, you will need to remove the kernel as an option to your
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bootloader. This will change from architecture to architecture. For x86,
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(as root), edit /boot/grub2/grub.cfg or /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg if
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you have EFI enabled and delete the four lines relating to your kernel
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(They should be easy to spot, they'll be the ones with your tag).
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They'll look something like this..
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....
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title Fedora Core (2.6.22-rc3-dave)
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root (hd0,0)
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kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22-rc3-dave ro root=/dev/md0
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initrd /initrd-2.6.22-rc3-dave.img
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....
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Category:Documentation Category:Tutorials
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'''
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See a typo, something missing or out of date, or anything else which can be
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improved? Edit this document at https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/quick-docs.
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