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

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Stefan Bader wrote:

> The finally used config you would find in
> debian/build/build-genric/.config (for the generic build). Basically
> its a hierarchical approach
>
> For a generic kernel build
> ./debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu
> is used and then things in
>
> ./debian.master/config/amd64/config.common.amd64
> override options that are different in all amd64 (64bit) build and finally
>
> ./debian.master/config/amd64/config.flavour.generic
> replaces options which are specific to the generic flavour.

  ah, super, i missed that first top-level one -- i'll add that info
to the tutorial.  the current version of the tutorial is here:

http://crashcourse.ca/introduction-linux-kernel-programming/intermission-building-vmlinux-file-under-ubuntu-free-lesson

  in fact, i did a quick test and diff'ed the .config that was used
for the build against the one for the current kernel under /boot and
the only diff was the one line of date/time stamp.  so i'm confident
it's going to match.  thanks muchly, i think i finally have this under
control.

rday

p.s.  i will point my students at the tutorial and let *them* sanity
check it as well.  i'm sure they'll find any mistakes in short order.

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