[OT?] is there no package containing the raw "vmlinux" kernel image?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Stefan Bader wrote:

> #> git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-lucid.git
> #> cd ubuntu-lucid
>
> #> uname -a
> Linux maximegalon 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 28 13:06:35 UTC 2010
> i686 GNU/Linux
>
> (Note the #37)
>
> #> git checkout Ubuntu-2.6.32-23.37
>
> Now you have the exactly matching kernel source and could build a generic kernel
> with:
>
> #> fakeroot debian/rules binary-generic
>
> Even without the debug package, you got the vmlinux file you are looking for in
> debian/build/build-generic.

  worked fine, just one more question -- what is the config file used
for this build?  since i'm on a 64-bit system, i can see the
following:

./debian.master/config/amd64/config.flavour.generic
./debian.master/config/amd64/config.flavour.preempt
./debian.master/config/amd64/config.common.amd64
./debian.master/config/amd64/config.flavour.server

  i'm still new to the additional ubuntu kernel build infrastructure,
but a wild guess is that the config that's used starts with that
"common" amd64 content, then further customizes with the "generic"
flavour.  is that a reasonable guess?

rday

p.s.  i'm going to attempt to write all this up for my course
students, i'll post a link when i'm done and you can all drop by for a
giggle.

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