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PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 4:08 pm    Post subject: Moving from 2.4 to 2.6 guide Reply with quote

I just recently got 2.6 working and thought i should shere my experiance with the community.

first of all, note that moving between kernel branches is different than moving between minor version numbers, modules for example are handled differently so you're going to need module-init-tools lucky for you gentoo gets these for you,

Code:

emerge sys-kernel/development-sources


this will fetch module-init-tools for you as well as, at time of writing 2.6.0_beta2

While waiting for the kernel to emerge i'm going to explain a bit more about how module-init-tools work, basically they place the new module-handlers like lsmod to /sbin and move the old one to /sbin/lsmod.old , then those handlers detect what kernel you're using at boot, whether it's 2.4 or 2.5/2.6 and forward the kernel to the appropriate module-tools, this is done transperantly to the user so you can, like i do dual boot between between 2.4 and 2.6 without changing any settings at all.

When the kernel is done emergeing emerge prints some instructions about varius things you must select in the new kernel, which may or may not be selected for you already, also note that the instructions for the 2.4 install are still true but they are as follows:

Quote:

Warning: For your kernel to function properly, there are several
options that you will need to ensure are in the kernel proper -- that
is, they should be enabled and not compiled as modules. You will need
to enable the "Code maturity level options --> Prompt for development
and/or incomplete code/drivers" option to see several of these
selections. Under the "File systems" section, be sure to enable the
"/dev" file system support (note that you don't need to enable the
"/dev/pts file system support" option). You'll also need to enable the
"Virtual Memory Filesystem". Be sure to enable "ReiserFS" if you have
any ReiserFS partitions; the same goes for "Ext3". If you're using
XFS, enable the "SGI XFS filesystem support" option. It's always a
good idea to leave ext2 enabled whether you are using it or not. Also,
most people using IDE hard drives will want to enable the "USE DMA by
default" option; otherwise, your IDE drives may perform very poorly.
Of course, remember to enable "IDE disk" support as well -- otherwise
your kernel won't be able to see your IDE disks.

If you are using hardware RAID you will need to enable a couple more
options in the kernel: For Highpoint RAID controllers select hpt366
chipset support, support for IDE RAID controllers and Highpoint 370
software RAID.For Promise RAID controllers select PROMISE
PDC202{46|62|65|67|68|69|70} support, support for IDE RAID controllers
and Support Promise software RAID (Fasttrak(tm))

If you use PPPoE to connect to Internet, you will need the following
options in the kernel (built-in or as preferably as modules) : "PPP
(point-to-point protocol) support", "PPP support for async serial
ports", "PPP support for sync tty ports". The two compression options
won't harm but are not definitely needed, neither does the "PPP over
Ethernet" option, that might only be used by rp-pppoe when configured
to do kernel mode PPPoE.

If you have an IDE cd burner, then you need to enable SCSI emulation
in the kernel. Turn on "ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support" ---> "IDE, ATA and
ATAPI Block devices" ---> "SCSI emulation support" (I usually make it
a module), then under "SCSI support" enable "SCSI support", "SCSI
CD-ROM support" and "SCSI generic support" (again, I usually compile
them as modules). If you also choose to use modules, then echo -e
"ide-scsi\nsg\nsr_mod" >> /etc/modules.autoload to have them
automatically added at boot time.



after taking note of these instructions, do make menuconfig or xconfig or something else depending on your taste, after you think you're done it's time to compile the kernel. This is NOT done in the same way as in the 2.4 kernels where you would do:
Code:

make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install


but rather like this:

Code:

make && make modules_install

this is because 'make' is now an alias for 'make bzImage modules vmlinux' for more info do a
Code:

make help

or read the docs.

After this it's pretty straightforward if you've ever compiled a 2.4 kernel do a
Code:

mv /boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage.old
cp /usr/src/linux-beta/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot

And create the appropriate Grub/LILO configuration for this, besides the title and name of the bzImage this should be just like a 2.4-kernel boot configuration
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

good article ;>
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good article :D

Though, I want to point out something: the real pain isn't really migrating the kernel, it's migrating the system, i.e., you have to have 2 versions of nvidia-kernel installed, one for each version, then, how to handle the alsa-stuff, if you like to keep the 2.4 kernels running etc.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have three kernels running on my system and everything seems to work fine as long as you follow the instructions and don't varry off path very often with crazy ideas
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, I always compile the kernel like this:

Code:
make bzImage modules modules_install


You also forgot that you have to create the /sys directory manually.

It's also good to make the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to your new kernel(otherwise nvidia-kernel won't find the kernel sources), because the development-sources ebuild just makes a new one called /usr/src/linux-beta, but the mm-sources ebuild does take care of this.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just compile 2.6.0-test2 yesterday.no problem till now
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 2:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great info..

Maybe you should also mention that it is a good idea to actually name the kernel images in /boot after the version?

I always name my kernels like:
Code:

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1613675 Jun 24 14:14 vmlinuz-2.5.73-mm1
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1611918 Jun 30 13:44 vmlinuz-2.5.73-mm2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1615402 Jul  7 14:08 vmlinuz-2.5.74-mm2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1775953 Jul  9 20:35 vmlinuz-2.5.74-mm3
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1871564 Jul 17 14:15 vmlinuz-2.6.0-test1-mm1


By doing so, I can always see which kernel is which.
Another added benefit is that you just have to add another entry to grub.conf for each new kernel and you can boot into any given version if something fails.

Also, always keep working kernels around until new kernels have been tested thoroughly.

I personally uses mm-sources since they have several scheduling algortithms that you can choose from, elevator, CFQ or deadline.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

another tinny tip ;)
a simple
Code:
make install
will install the kernel into /boot and give it a good name (ex. /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test1-mm2)

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OneOfOne wrote:
another tinny tip ;)
a simple
Code:
make install
will install the kernel into /boot and give it a good name (ex. /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test1-mm2)

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 5:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OneOfOne wrote:
another tinny tip ;)
a simple
Code:
make install
will install the kernel into /boot and give it a good name (ex. /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test1-mm2)

peace


Quick question, will make install mount your boot partion?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

no it will not mount it.

Another question, has someone successfully gotten wlan with the 2.6 kernels to work ?. The modules (yenta-socket, hermes, orinoco, orinoco_cs) load with no problem, but no eth0, or wlan0 interface shows up for me :/
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm right now trying 2.6.0-beta2 but in one fact the old 2.4. documentation is wrong -> in 2.6.0 the HighPoint RAID driver is missing, the controller driver is there but not the softraid support. :(
if someone knows more than me in this case or if i'm just extremly blind i'd appreciate any help...

thanks in advance
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well,

how do I install alsa and lm-sensors on a 2.6 system? Won't that fsck up my modules as alsa and lm-sensors are integrated in to 2.6 ???

(NOTE: I do not have a 2.4 kernel)

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

drz wrote:
Well,

how do I install alsa and lm-sensors on a 2.6 system? Won't that fsck up my modules as alsa and lm-sensors are integrated in to 2.6 ???

(NOTE: I do not have a 2.4 kernel)

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alsa is already integrated into 2.6! no more emerge alsa after recompiling a kernel! :-)
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well yeah, the modules are integrated... but they still need a boot script to load the modules, etc...

How can I get that?

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

also don't forget to change the symlink from your old kernel to the new one. i was using the linux-beta symlink that portage created when i downloaded it, so
Code:
emerge nvidia-kernel
didn't work until i switched the symlink.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Halanegri
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try this out:

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make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install && mount /boot/ && cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

drz wrote:
Well yeah, the modules are integrated... but they still need a boot script to load the modules, etc...

How can I get that?

Bye,
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I just compiled ALSA into my kernel. After quickly checking what the help menus in menuconfig say, it seems that they didn't give any module names to load for ALSA. But, if you compile it into your kernel, you won't need any modules autoloaded (which is what /etc/init.d/alsasound does).
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GentooBox wrote:
Halanegri
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try this out:

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make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install && mount /boot/ && cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/


make dep is no longer necessary. :wink:
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone know how 2.6 plays with LVM? I couldn't find the kernel option for LVM like in 2.4 so I'm afraid to ever try it until I hear from someone...
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Am I right in thinking that if you set up your module aliases properly the kernel will autoload ALSA for you when it needs it?

Otherwise, shove it in modules.autoload or something. Or write your own ALSA module loading script...
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

so were the interactivity (or something) bugs fixed in 2.6 ?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 2:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Another question, has someone successfully gotten wlan with the 2.6 kernels to work ?. The modules (yenta-socket, hermes, orinoco, orinoco_cs) load with no problem, but no eth0, or wlan0 interface shows up for me :/


No, but I have gotten them to load and connect fine using Knoppix 3.1 or 3.2

Kinda frustrates me that the Gentoo Live CD (1.4 rc4) doesn't. Maybe 1.4 does. I dunno. I'm downloading it right now.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

arand wrote:
Quick question, will make install mount your boot partion?

It can, if you edit /sbin/installkernel
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dreamer3 wrote:
Anyone know how 2.6 plays with LVM? I couldn't find the kernel option for LVM like in 2.4 so I'm afraid to ever try it until I hear from someone...


It's in there. You may have to set the experimental flag in the beginning part of the configuration for it to be seen.
I've yet to use it on 2.6, but I've ran across the option half a zillion times, and I have the experimental flag checked.
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