How to recompile the kernel?

[lid]

Hi,

I have a microcore pxebooted. Now I need to enable TPM and TELNETD in the kernel support.  I think I will need to recompile the kernel source with updated .config. Can anyone show me if there is a Tinycore Linux wiki link how to do this? I searched around the wiki pages but haven't been able to find it yet. 

Also am I right that TELNETD should be enabled this way? I can't find a telnet extension.

Thanks.

[gerald_clark]

Telnet is not provided in the repo.  I suggest you use dropbear or openssh instead.

[Rich]

Hi lid
Are you looking for  telnetd ? It's in inetutils-servers.tcz

[lid]

Hi lid
Are you looking for  telnetd ? It's in inetutils-servers.tcz

Found it! Thanks.

Any idea where to find the kernel source tree used by Tinycore?

[Rich]

Hi lid
Kernel source and config files can be found here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86/release/src/kernel/

[lid]

Hi lid
Are you looking for  telnetd ? It's in inetutils-servers.tcz

I packaged it as a second initrd. I do see the files after bootup but this doesn't seem to work correctly. For instance, I don't see "telnetd" after booting up.  syslog doesn't show any errors.

I suspect that the tcz wasn't loaded because it has dependencies such as ncurses.tcz that might also be needed. The question is Should I package all the dependencies in the same initrd? My device is embedded and it does't have the outside network connections.

[gerald_clark]

You are pxe booting, so use nfs based persistence as described here:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:netbooting

[lid]

Hi lid
Kernel source and config files can be found here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86/release/src/kernel/

Rich,

A few questions how to rebuild the kernel for TC. My goal is to rebuild the "vmlinuz" image with updated .config file.

I downloaded linux-3.8.13-patched and unpacked it. I also downloaded config-3.8.13-tinycore64 as .config file and made a few changes.  My target platform is x86_64. 

Questions are:
1. Did I download the right files?
2. Are there any specific steps to build the kernel image for TC? E.g. should I just do "make ARCH=x86_64"?

Thanks!

[Misalf]

Coreplayer2, You made an extension contianing a script for downloadin and/or using availabe data to populate the current Core kernel source files into the file system. I just have the script in my local bin dir. What's the nae of the TCZ?

[coreplayer2]

Yes it's "linux-kernel-sources-env.tcz"  (I wish I would have named it differently, but there you go..)  it has been updated to work in current 32bit and 64bit architectures.  I use it to prepare the system for building kernel modules in lieu of kernel headers, it can used or be modified or extended for this purpose too I guess

[lid]

Yes it's "linux-kernel-sources-env.tcz"  (I wish I would have named it differently, but there you go..)  it has been updated to work in current 32bit and 64bit architectures.  I use it to prepare the system for building kernel modules in lieu of kernel headers, it can used or be modified or extended for this purpose too I guess

Hi coreplayer2,

I downloaded your extension. My issue is that I don't have a TC environment as a build machine. I have a RHEL6 machine and need to cross-compile for the target machine which is x86_64.  Do you have the steps to do that?

[coreplayer2]

You can build a temporary build system booting to  " TinyCorePure64-5.3.iso "  from http://tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86_64/release/

[lid]

You can build a temporary build system booting to  " TinyCorePure64-5.3.iso "  from http://tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86_64/release/

Ok, I will do that.

Just curious, are there any instructions that I can use to take a stock Linux kernel, patch and cross-build it for TC?

[gerald_clark]

http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:custom_kernel

[lid]

http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:custom_kernel

Thanks!

What's http://tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86/release/src/kernel/Module.symvers-3.8.13-tinycore64 at the TC kernel download site?  Do I need it to rebuild the kernel?