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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since I have had my basic CLI Mele running debian wheezy I have been attempting to build kernels with varying degrees of failure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have mainly been using amery’s repo on github, trying the 3.0 kernel and the 3.3.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I managed to natively compile a debian package of the 3.3 kernel (using the deb-pkg target), but it panics on boot. I got various compile errors with the 3.0 trees.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As I like to make my life more complicated I am using the debian armhf port and the deb-pkg target spits out armel packages, although my reading around the subject (debian-arm) suggests that the binary should be OK as there is no such thing as an armhf kernel, the differences are all user space. (So I used a dpkg –force-architecture)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In a nutshell I suppose I am asking for the following advice:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Which is the best repo/kernel version to use? Once I have a working base kernel (or a config that should work), I am willing (and probably able) to work on getting what’s currently missing working.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>Will compiling natively work? Are there any issues that I should be aware of?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>Is there a known good kernel config?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Is there an aim people have? My short to medium aim would be a Wheezy kernel (I think that will be 3.2). So initially a patch against the debian sources. Is there a more appropriate/easier goal (AOSP?).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Anyone know the options (either using deb-pkg target or make-kpkg) to compile a package that thinks it is armhf? (Possibly a question for debian-arm.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I propose compiling (no pun intended) the responses into a wiki page with a table of features against kernels. And probably some links to config files that work etc. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>