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howtos:slackware_admin:building_the_linux_kernel_using_git_repository [2013/12/19 03:08 (UTC)] – Updated information to 3.10.x, removed old options, removed some biased comments metaschimahowtos:slackware_admin:building_the_linux_kernel_using_git_repository [2014/02/15 20:03 (UTC)] – Updated installkernel script metaschima
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 Here is a script that downloads the latest patch for the current running kernel. It assumes you already have an xz compressed tarball in the kernel build directory. Here is a script that downloads the latest patch for the current running kernel. It assumes you already have an xz compressed tarball in the kernel build directory.
 <file bash kernupd> <file bash kernupd>
-#!/bin/bash+#!/bin/sh
  
 error () # error error () # error
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 # make sure we are root # make sure we are root
-if test $HOME != '/root'+if test ~ != '/root'
 then then
- echo 'ERROR: This script must be run as root' >&2+ echo 'ERROR: This script must be run as root'
  exit 1  exit 1
 fi fi
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 cp System.map /boot cp System.map /boot
 cp .config /boot/config cp .config /boot/config
 +
 +# for elilo
 +bootdir="/boot/efi/EFI/Slackware"
 +if test -d "$bootdir"
 +then
 + cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage "$bootdir"/vmlinuz
 +fi
  
 # change permissions of vmlinuz # change permissions of vmlinuz
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  echo 'Kernel config install failed'  echo 'Kernel config install failed'
  exit 1  exit 1
 +fi
 +if test -d "$bootdir"
 +then
 + if cmp arch/x86/boot/bzImage "$bootdir"/vmlinuz
 + then
 + echo 'kernel installed to EFI correctly'
 + else
 + echo 'kernel install to EFI failed'
 + exit 1
 + fi
 fi fi
 echo echo
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   * The lilo.conf excerpt is from the default lilo.conf that comes with Slackware plus a few options.    * The lilo.conf excerpt is from the default lilo.conf that comes with Slackware plus a few options. 
   * Thanks to [[wiki:user:alienbob|Alien Bob]] for his [[howtos:slackware_admin:kernelbuilding|kernel building howto]]. It inspired me to write a restructured and updated kernel building guide.    * Thanks to [[wiki:user:alienbob|Alien Bob]] for his [[howtos:slackware_admin:kernelbuilding|kernel building howto]]. It inspired me to write a restructured and updated kernel building guide. 
 +  * Updated by [[wiki:user:metaschima]]
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