Compilation

• Linux Kernel Source Tree

Dependencies Setup

root@workstation:~# apt-get update
root@workstation:~# apt-get upgrade
root@workstation:~# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) kernel-package libncurses5 libncurses5-dev git

Source Code Cloning

user@workstation:~$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Cloning into 'linux'...
remote: Counting objects: 4697469, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3641/3641), done.
Receiving objects: 100% (4697469/4697469), 825.96 MiB | 372.00 KiB/s, done.
remote: Total 4697469 (delta 2172), reused 0 (delta 0)
Resolving deltas: 100% (3944070/3944070), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Checking out files: 100% (53660/53660), done.
user@workstation:~$ cd linux

System Information, Actual Version

user@workstation:~/linux$ uname -a
Linux jessie 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4 (2016-02-29) i686 GNU/Linux

Linux Kernel Compilation, Latest Version

user@workstation:~/linux$ make oldconfig
<You will be asked configuration questions not answered, hit Enter for all of them>

user@workstation:~/linux$ make -j3
...
...
  IHEX2FW firmware/whiteheat_loader.fw
  IHEX2FW firmware/whiteheat.fw
  IHEX2FW firmware/keyspan_pda/keyspan_pda.fw
  IHEX2FW firmware/keyspan_pda/xircom_pgs.fw

root@workstation:~/linux# make modules_install
...
...

root@workstation:~/linux# make install

System Information, Latest Version

Reboot your workstation and confirm the new version has been installed

user@workstation:~$ uname -a