On 01/03/2014 09:43 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 12:36:21PM +0530, Sandeepa Prabhu wrote:
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>> On 2 January 2014 17:46, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 05:38:49PM +0530, Sandeepa Prabhu wrote:
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>>>> 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-***?
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>>> I'm bound to say .. libguestfs? eg. virt-copy-in etc.
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>> Hi Rich,
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>> 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).
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> You'd want to copy the modules too, ie. /lib/modules/<version>
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> 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:
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http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/half-baked-ideas-kernel-modules-in-a...
Thanks for the link, I am not building modules (except my own kprobes tests).
Because tar is far too complicated for what passes for experts these days...
Gordan