On 01/03/2014 09:43 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 12:36:21PM +0530, Sandeepa Prabhu wrote:
> On 2 January 2014 17:46, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 05:38:49PM +0530, Sandeepa Prabhu wrote:
>>> Ok, so cross-compiling would work for me, how do I install the built
>>> kernel image (EFI version) on the disk image, is it just copying
>>> vmlinux onto /boot/vmlinux-***?
>>
>> I'm bound to say .. libguestfs? eg. virt-copy-in etc.
> Hi Rich,
>
> Thanks, can do scp between fc19 and Ubuntu host. Sorry I did not ask
> the precise question, my question was "is it enough just to copy
> cross-compiled zImage file as /boot/vmlinuz-*** or the target fs, or
> need to do something more(I am not much educated on UEFI so asking).
> i.e. If we build kernel on redhat machine do "make install", what
> exactly is done there, what images would get copied? My intention is
> to run systemtap and run kprobe tests on the newly built kernel(s).
You'd want to copy the modules too, ie. /lib/modules/<version>
In general copying kernels around is more troublesome than it should
be ... I'd like to see modules compiled into a single file for this
reason:
http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/half-baked-ideas-kernel-modules-in-a...
Because tar is far too complicated for what passes for experts these days...
Gordan