Mint Kernel selbst compilieren

Kernel kompilieren

https://scottlinux.com/2011/07/15/how-to-compile-your-own-kernel-in-ubuntu-debian-mint/

fakeroot make-kpkg --jobs=4 --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image

WIFI

Es wird eine neue Firmware benötigt...

• https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi#Firmware

cp iwlwifi-*.ucode /lib/firmware

Treiber git:

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-next.git

Virtualbox

Kernel 4.5.0+ benötigte Version: 5.0.16 Kernel 4.8.0+ benötigte Version: 5.0.18

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

siehe Virtualbox Eintrag bzgl. kompilieren!!!

Grafik / i915 Problematik

• https://github.com/manjaro/packages-core/blob/master/linux45/nvidia-304xx-mtrr-unknown-symbol.patch

diff -Npur linux-4.3.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c linux-4.3/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
--- linux-4.3.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c	2015-11-02 01:05:25.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-4.3/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c	2015-12-18 10:39:42.286530027 +0100
@@ -448,6 +448,21 @@ int mtrr_add(unsigned long base, unsigne
 	return mtrr_add_page(base >> PAGE_SHIFT, size >> PAGE_SHIFT, type,
 			     increment);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mtrr_add);
+
+/**
+ * With 2baa891e42d84159b693eadd44f6fe1486285bdc the kernel internal 
+ * MTRR interfaces (unexport mtrr_add() and mtrr_del()) got removed.
+ * However Nvidia legacy driver 304xx still needs these exports:
+ *
+ * # modprobe -v nvidia
+ * insmod /lib/modules/4.3.0-1-ARCH/extramodules/nvidia.ko.gz
+ * modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Unknown symbol in module,
+ * or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
+ * 
+ * [ 22.236809] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
+ * [ 22.237073] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)
+ * /
 
 /**
  * mtrr_del_page - delete a memory type region
@@ -513,6 +528,21 @@ int mtrr_del_page(int reg, unsigned long
 	put_online_cpus();
 	return error;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mtrr_del);
+
+/**
+ * With 2baa891e42d84159b693eadd44f6fe1486285bdc the kernel internal 
+ * MTRR interfaces (unexport mtrr_add() and mtrr_del()) got removed.
+ * However Nvidia legacy driver 304xx still needs these exports:
+ *
+ * # modprobe -v nvidia
+ * insmod /lib/modules/4.3.0-1-ARCH/extramodules/nvidia.ko.gz
+ * modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Unknown symbol in module,
+ * or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
+ * 
+ * [ 22.236809] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
+ * [ 22.237073] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)
+ * /
 
 /**
  * mtrr_del - delete a memory type region

Initramfs neu bauen:

ldconfig -n
update-initramfs -u