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Re: [Xen-devel] How to simply compile a 2.4.18 custom kernel in the xenU

To: Abdelkader Allam <abdelkader.allam@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] How to simply compile a 2.4.18 custom kernel in the xenU way
From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:32:16 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005, Abdelkader Allam wrote:

> My only problem is that i need to use a custom kernel, an old
> 2.4.18specific one.
> And I am wondering what is the easiest way to generate a xenU kernel 
> from my source...

I'm not sure the word "easiest" would apply to any solution
here, but you could try typing "make mkpatches" at the top
level of the Xen sources and backport the resulting patch
against linux-2.4.29 to 2.4.18...

-- 
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan

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