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Mon Apr 25 13:37:00 UTC 2011 Slackware 13.37 x86_64 stable is released! Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team, the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing a great forum for collaboration and testing. The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription. As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions, and feedback. :-) Have fun!
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Since I should document this somewhere, here's the procedure
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for building the Slackware kernel package. I do not patch the official
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kernel sources, but it's not exactly a virgin either.
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Version specific notes (if any):
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For a 2.6.x kernel (much easier):
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Untar Linus' source in /usr/src.
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Make all files owned by root:root with reasonable perms.
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Install a suitable .config, or use make menuconfig, etc.
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An example would be to use one of the config files here:
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# cat config-generic-2.6.37.6 > /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.6/.config
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Then run the build programs:
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make oldconfig
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make bzImage
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make clean
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make prepare
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rm .version
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That's it! You now have a clean Slackware-configured Linux source
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tree.
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The kernel in Slackware supports SMP. With as common as
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multicore CPUs and SMP boards have become, this seemed like the
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obvious choice. The kernels are probably better for single CPU
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machines, too, if they will run them.
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At this point if you are running huge.s or generic.s, you should have
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no problems building kernel modules.
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Have fun! :-)
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Pat
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