Hoary 2.6.10 Kernal Recompile Issue?

[brainwave64]

I'm working on recompiling my Hoary 2.6.10 kernel in order to add support for my ITE 8212 RAID controller. However, even when doing a clean compile with no driver modifications according to the wiki instructions at KernelBuildPackageDetailedHowTo (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/KernelBuildpackageDetailedHowto), I've still run into issues. The actual errors are included below. I know the errors are the result of setting the flavour to only compile for k7 (step 4), and I've finally found workarounds (steps 5 and 6) so that it will still compile with the flavour set to k7, but I'm wondering if this is a problem with the way Hoary's source is set up or with the Wiki directions not being applicable to Hoary? Should the Wiki instructions be updated?

Thanks in advance for any input you can provide!

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Here is what I did:

Started in my home directory /home/austin.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get build-dep linux-source-2.6.8.1
$ sudo apt-get install fakeroot
$ sudo apt-get install devscripts

$ apt-get source linux-source-2.6.10
$ cd linux-source-2.6.10-2.6.10/

1. Added a new version (2.6.10-34.1mod) to debian/changelog using the dch -i command.
2. Renamed the folder debian/abi/2.6.10-34 to "2.6.10-34.1" (should match the 2nd newest version listed in changelog).
3. Made a copy of the file debian/patches/00list-34.1, kept it in the same directory and renamed it to "00list-34.1mod".

4. Added the following setting at line 122 of debian/rules (so it only compiles for the k7 i386 flavour):
flavours := k7
5. Modified debian/d-i/i386/kernel-versions by replacing "386" with "k7" (it must match one of the flavours being compiled).
6. Removed all i386 entries other than k7 from debian/control and debian/control.stub.

$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b

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The error I get when I don't first do step 5 (I know this is due to lines 400-403 of the debian/rules file):
dpkg-deb: building package `linux-image-2.6.10-5-k7' in `../linux-image-2.6.10-5-k7_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb'.
rm -f -r debian/tmp-image
echo done > stamp-image
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/austin/linux-source-2.6.10-2.6.10/debian/build/install-k7'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/austin/linux-source-2.6.10-2.6.10/debian/build/install-k7'
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
# unpack the kernels into a temporary directory
mkdir -p debian/d-i-i386
# XXX: this stuff finds the kernels that need upacking according to
# kernel-versions and unpack them into the temp dir.
imagelist=$(cat kernel-versions | grep ^i386 | awk '{print $4}') && \
for i in $imagelist; do \
dpkg -x $(ls debian/build/linux-image-$i\_*i386.deb) debian/d-i-i386; \
done
ls: debian/build/linux-image-2.6.10-5-386_*i386.deb: No such file or directory
dpkg-deb: --extract needs a target directory.
Perhaps you should be using dpkg --install ?
make: *** Error 2

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[B]The relavent section from the debian/rules file:
binary-udebs: binary-debs

dh_testdir
dh_testroot

# unpack the kernels into a temporary directory
mkdir -p debian/d-i-${arch}

# XXX: this stuff finds the kernels that need upacking according to
# kernel-versions and unpack them into the temp dir.

imagelist=$$(cat kernel-versions | grep ^${arch} | awk '{print $$4}') && \
for i in $$imagelist; do \
dpkg -x $$(ls debian/build/linux-image-$$i\_*${arch}.deb) debian/d-i-${arch}; \
done

kernel-wedge make-links
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The error I get right before the end of compiling when I don't first do step 6:
(all I know is that the problem is related to the contents of the debian/files file, which is generated during compile)
for i in $dilist; do \
dh_builddeb -p$i; \
done
warning, `debian/kernel-image-2.6.10-5-k7-di/DEBIAN/control' contains user-defined field `kernel-version'
dpkg-deb: building package `kernel-image-2.6.10-5-k7-di' in `../kernel-image-2.6.10-5-k7-di_2.6.10-34.1_i386.udeb'.
dpkg-deb: ignoring 1 warnings about the control file(s)
...(lots of similiar lines appear here)
warning, `debian/nfs-modules-2.6.10-5-k7-di/DEBIAN/control' contains user-defined field `kernel-version'
dpkg-deb: building package `nfs-modules-2.6.10-5-k7-di' in `../nfs-modules-2.6.10-5-k7-di_2.6.10-34.1_i386.udeb'.
dpkg-deb: ignoring 1 warnings about the control file(s)
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
chmod u+x debian/make-kernel-patch-pkgs
debian/make-kernel-patch-pkgs linux
dpkg-deb: building package `linux-patch-ubuntu-2.6.10' in `../linux-patch-ubuntu-2.6.10_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb'.
mv debian/build/*.deb ..
cat debian/build/linux-source-2.6.10/debian/files >> debian/files
rm debian/build/linux-source-2.6.10/debian/files
dpkg-genchanges -b
dpkg-genchanges: warning: duplicate files list entry for package linux-headers-2.6.10-5 (line 60)
dpkg-genchanges: warning: duplicate files list entry for file linux-headers-2.6.10-5_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb (line 60)
dpkg-genchanges: warning: unknown information field in input data in package's section of control info file
dpkg-genchanges: warning: unknown information field in input data in package's section of control info file
...(lots of similiar lines appear here)
dpkg-genchanges: warning: unknown information field in input data in package's section of control info file
dpkg-genchanges: warning: unknown information field in input data in package's section of control info file
dpkg-genchanges: binary-only upload - not including any source code
dpkg-genchanges: failure: cannot open upload file ../linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb for reading: No such file or directory

How the compile is supposed to end (correctly):
dpkg-genchanges: warning: unknown information field in input data in package's section of control info file
dpkg-genchanges: warning: unknown information field in input data in package's section of control info file
dpkg-genchanges: binary-only upload - not including any source code
dpkg-buildpackage: binary only upload (no source included)

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The contents of the debian/files file:
linux-tree-2.6.10_2.6.10-34.1_all.deb devel optional
linux-source-2.6.10_2.6.10-34.1_all.deb devel optional
linux-doc-2.6.10_2.6.10-34.1_all.deb doc optional
linux-headers-2.6.10-5_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb devel optional
linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb devel optional
linux-image-2.6.10-5-386_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb base optional
linux-headers-2.6.10-5-686_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb devel optional
linux-image-2.6.10-5-686_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb base optional
linux-headers-2.6.10-5-686-smp_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb devel optional
linux-image-2.6.10-5-686-smp_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb base optional
linux-headers-2.6.10-5-k7_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb devel optional
linux-image-2.6.10-5-k7_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb base optional
linux-headers-2.6.10-5-k7-smp_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb devel optional
linux-image-2.6.10-5-k7-smp_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb base optional
kernel-image-2.6.10-5-k7-di_2.6.10-34.1_i386.udeb debian-installer extra
...(all the other *.udeb files apear here)
nfs-modules-2.6.10-5-k7-di_2.6.10-34.1_i386.udeb debian-installer extra
linux-patch-ubuntu-2.6.10_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb devel optional
linux-headers-2.6.10-5_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb devel optional

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[blind0wl]

Really simple question...are you logged into your terminal as root? Just looking at the first output

ls: debian/build/linux-image-2.6.10-5-386_*i386.deb: No such file or directory
dpkg-deb: --extract needs a target directory.
Perhaps you should be using dpkg --install ?
make: *** [binary-udebs] Error 2

It just seems when dpkg tries to create the directory for the extract but it cannot find it, so it leads me to believe that the directory isnt even created....

[brainwave64]

No, actually, I am not logged in as root. However, I am running the whole compile in my home directory, so permission issues shouldn't be a problem.

You are right, though, that the error is occurring because the directory isn't even created. It doesn't exist because I set "flavours" = k7 in my debian/rules file (as the Wiki directed), so *386* files and folders are never created. However, on lines 400-403 of that file (I included them in my post) it reads the contents of the debian/d-i/i386/kernel-versions file, which only lists the 386 flavour. That is what is causing dpkg to look there.

The Wiki I followed was based off of 4.10, and this must not have been an issue in that release.

Thanks for your question.

[naumanis]

Thank you very much for your update, brainwave64.

I was experiencing exactly the same issues by compiling 686 kernel and I am also believe, that Wiki Kernel Build Howto (dpkg-buildpackage) must be rewritten or a comment must be added that these instructions will just not work on Hoary.

I guess everybody else are using make-kpkg to build ubuntu 2.6.10 kernel or just put their kernel config in config/i386/386 file.

[cowdinosaur]

I concur. Following brainwave64's modification to kernel-version will work around the problems of building that the wiki did not foresee.