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Re: Custom kernel and distribution

Hi man, sorry I can't hook to the Internet lately...

I copied /boot/config-2.6.18-3-686 to the kernel source tree, then I
run 'make oldconfig'.

I suggest to do "make mrproper" first, but please backup any .config that you think still is still useful. OK, let's scroll down again..

These are some of the warnings that I got:

/boot/config-2.6.18-3-686:197:warning: trying to assign nonexistent
symbol REGPARM
/boot/config-2.6.18-3-686:205:warning: trying to assign nonexistent
symbol PHYSICAL_START
/boot/config-2.6.18-3-686:398:warning: trying to assign nonexistent
symbol IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
/boot/config-2.6.18-3-686:549:warning: trying to assign nonexistent
symbol IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP
/boot/config-2.6.18-3-686:554:warning: trying to assign nonexistent
symbol IP_NF_MATCH_HASHLIMIT
/boot/config-2.6.18-3-686:577:warning: trying to assign nonexistent
symbol IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP

It also asked me to answer on the new config options. So I just
pressed 'Enter' for all of them.

I'm worried that those warnings is caused by the patch applied to the
debian kernel.
OK, just warnings, IMHO it's not a big deal although it is still a smart choice to know what's really goin' on. Since you mentioned the patch, that could be the reason but sometimes the plain vanilla kernel does produce such a message too. So, if you wanna be sure, try to revert the patch and see if you still see the same warnings.

About the questions coming from make oldconfig, that's normal. If the new kernel defines some new kernel config (denoted by the new CONFIG_s) then you will be asked what will you choose. So, just pick the answer based on your personal decision. For quicky, you can take the default answer.

Hope it helps,

regards,

Mulyadi


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