[Pkg-xen-devel] compiling linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-686 package?

[Steve Wray]

Hi there,

I've done an apt-get source linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-686

and would very much like to build a package with NFS root enabled.

 From what I've read, I need to run split-config, which I got from SVN 
(it doesn't seem to exist anywhere else)


I've fooled around with  split-config to produce a config to my spec but 
this doesn't seem to actually work.


Usage: /tmp/split-config [options] <config dir> <flavour>
        -a, --arch <arch>        select architecture [i386]
        -s, --subarch <arch>     select sub-architecture []
        -c, --configtype <type>  select config type [menuconfig]
        -h, --help               display this help screen

I tried:

/tmp/split-config --arch i386 --subarch xen debian/arch/i386/xen

and it gave me the help output again.


I've tried various permutations and combinations of architectures and 
subdirectories under debian/arch but to no avail.

In the absence of anything else I've found online nor documentation for 
split-config, I'm turning to this mailing list.

Can someone please post some instructions on how to produce a kernel 
package for 2.6.18 in the Xen subarchitecture to a user-defined config?

I'm sure that I'm not the only person who would find it useful; the 
default kernels don't come with NFS root enabled and its kind of useful 
to have in a virtualisation environment.

Thanks!