nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/README
Eelco Dolstra d145a966ab * Some notes on updating the NixOS kernel.
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*** Updating the kernel configs ***
- Copy the old Nix expression (e.g. linux-2.6.21.nix) to the new one
(e.g. linux-2.6.22.nix) and update it.
- Add an new attribute to all-packages.nix.
For each platform (i686, x86-64, uml):
- Make an svn copy from the old config (e.g. config-2.6.21-i686-smp)
to the new one (e.g. (e.g. config-2.6.22-i686-smp).
- Unpack the new kernel.
- Copy the config file for this platform
(e.g. config-2.6.22-i686-smp) to .config.
- Run `make oldconfig', answer all questions. (For the uml
configuration, add "ARCH=um SHELL=bash".)
- Make sure that CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is NOT SET (otherwise fbsplash
won't work). If it is, investigate why (there's probably another
option that forces it to be on) and fix it.
- Copy .config to the new config file (e.g. config-2.6.21-i686-smp).