Custom Kernels On Ubuntu

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Packages

sudo apt-get install build-essential git kernel-package fakeroot libncurses5-dev equivs

Getting the Kernel

To use the most up-to-date-kernel:

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

To use a previous version of the kernel, including LTS kernels:

wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${VERSION}

Configuring The Kernel

cd linux
cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
yes '' | make oldconfig
make menuconfig #optional, for further tweaking

Compiling

make -j[n] deb-pkg LOCALVERSION=${STRING} KDEB_PKGVERSION=${VERSION} DEBFULLNAME=${NAME} DEBEMAIL=${EMAIL}

Making A Meta-Package

equivs-control ${FILE}
nano ${FILE}
equivs-build ${FILE}

Creating A Repo

dpkg-scanfiles dists/${CODENAME}/${REPO}/binary-${ARCH} /dev/null | gzip -9c > dists/${CODENAME}/${REPO}/binary-${ARCH}