Kernel Build Project

by: burt rosenberg
at: university of miami
date: 10 sep 2020

Goals

• To understand the software architecture of the kernel.
• To understand the boot process
• To build a custom Linux kernel.

Specific steps

1. Build the linux kernel. Here are instructions.
2. Note: The build takes at least two hours.
3. Rebuild and reboot on the new kernel.
4. Ascertain you are on your new kernel by looking for tag in the output of "uname -r"
5. Make sure you have changed the name of your kernel, and are booted on the new kernel.
6. Copy [repo]/class/proj3/Makefile to your proj3 directory.
7. Run make to created uname.out
8. Look over uname.out to see that your kernel name is correct.
9. svn add and submit your proj3 directory.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

author: burton rosenberg
created: 10 sep 2020
update: 10 sep 2020