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| author | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2008-08-21 13:47:13 -0400 |
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| committer | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2008-08-21 13:47:13 -0400 |
| commit | 034a1d8bfa8275785debb0b3dc209377b5b97408 (patch) | |
| tree | e83b12a6efab9502989a3ea2f97a34812e96cd7d /README | |
| parent | 46b3c6cd16e7aba1a5a26b310ee128bfdc7897fa (diff) | |
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clarify README instructions to spell out that running the testsuite is optional
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Build steps: - Install the kernel-debuginfo, kernel-[smp-]devel, gcc and libcap-devel packages (or see below if you are building your own kernels from source). - If avaialable, install your distribution's copy of elfutils and its + If available, install your distribution's copy of elfutils and its development headers/libraries. - Or if desired, download an elfutils source release to build in @@ -48,13 +48,15 @@ Build steps: Consider configuring with "--enable-dejazilla" to automatically contribute to our public test result database. - % make all check + % make all % sudo make install + + To run the full test suite: % sudo make installcheck Tips: -- Systemtap looks for the debug info in these locations: +- By default, systemtap looks for the debug info in these locations: /boot/vmlinux-`uname -r` /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux /lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux @@ -65,16 +67,13 @@ Building a kernel.org kernel: - Build the kernel using your normal procedures. Enable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO, CONFIG_KPROBES, and optionally CONFIG_RELAY and CONFIG_DEBUG_FS. +- Run "make install modules_install headers_install" as needed. - Boot into the kernel. - Make sure the large unstripped kernel image 'vmlinux' from your build can be found by systemtap (see above) You can just symlink it to one of these locations. -- Symlink your source directory to these two places, though systemtap - does not at present use such source code. - - /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r` - - /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source - Symlink your build directory to here: - - /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build + /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build - For example, if your kernel source is in /home/me/linux/2.6.17-rc6 and you build your kernel in the source directory, you would do this (be sure you are running the right kernel or `uname -r` |