Building a New Kernel and Modules

The following notes apply to release 7.2. Be sure you use tool chain 3.3.2 or later. The 3.2 tool chain has a bug that prevents the video drivers to compile.

Building the Source Tree

Compiling the Kernel - (Release 7.3 and above)

From the base of the Linux source tree do the following. The build procedure has been changed as a result of  placing the kernel in a more comprehensive build environment.

make

The following are also appropriate commands.

However, do NOT do a make mrproper.

Compiling the Kernel - Depreciated (Release 7.2 and lower)

From the base of the Linux source tree do the following:

Debugging Kernel Panics

What they need to do is run the output of the crash dump through "ksymoops" -- without that it's pretty much meaningless.