Jtdylktuy

I would like to set CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM=n and recompile my kernel in order to try out what @Oliv suggested in the comments of my question on stackoverflow.

I am following the BuildYourOwnKernel tutorial on the ubuntu wiki:

$ git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-bionic.git

$ cd ubuntu-bionic/

$ chmod a+x debian/rules

$ chmod a+x debian/scripts/*

$ chmod a+x debian/scripts/misc/*

$ fakeroot debian/rules clean

$ sudo fakeroot debian/rules editconfigs

dh_testdir;

/bin/bash -e debian/scripts/misc/kernelconfig editconfigs

Do you want to edit config: amd64/config.flavour.generic? [Y/n] Y

and I face the following menu:

I have searched arround in the hope of finding the variable that I need to change (CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM), but I didn't find it.

Most of the resources that I find on the internet elaborate on compiling/building the kernel, but I didn't find anything on actually making specific changes.

Could someone please point me in the right direction?

EDIT 1:

A file:

./build/.config

is created when sudo fakeroot debian/rules editconfigs is aborted.

$ cat ./build/.config | grep CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM

returns

CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM=y

CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM=y

I set these variables to n and ran

fakeroot debian/rules binary-headers binary-generic binary-perarch

which ended in an error:

/bin/bash: gawk: command not found

debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk:123: recipe for target 'install-generic' failed

make: *** [install-generic] Error 127

EDIT 2:

Now I am following a different tutorial and @Oliv's advice:

• I installed gawk
  


• I ran make menuconfig to generate a file called .config at the root of the git repository.


• I set CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM from =y to =n
  


• I ran make menuconfig again.


• 
  cat .config | grep CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM returns # CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is not set
  


• Now I am running make && make modules_install && make install as root.

I will report any further progress...

Ok it worked out.

Here is a general "recipe" for people who want to modify their kernel

• Use ll /proc/ | grep conf and ll /boot/ | grep conf to locate your config file.




• Check how the variable of interest is configured using path_to_config | grep variable_of_interest or unzip it if necessary: path_to_config.gz | gunzip | grep variable_of_interest

If you want to change the value of one of these variables you need to do the following:

• 
  

  Clone the git repository that contains your kernel. I used:

  
  
  

  git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-bionic.git

  
  
  

  replace bionic with the code name of your operating system.

  
  


• 
  

  Install software:

  
  
  

  sudo apt-get build-dep linux-image-$(uname -r) && sudo apt-get install gawk

  
  



• cd ubuntu-bionic/ again replace bionic with the codename of your OS.



• 
  

  Make the following files executable:

  
  
  

  chmod a+x debian/rules
chmod a+x debian/scripts/*
chmod a+x debian/scripts/misc/*

  
  



• Run fakeroot debian/rules clean



• 
  

  Copy your current configurations into the root of the git repository:

  
  
  

  cp path_to_config ./.config

  
  



• Configure .config according to your needs. I recommend setting CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=n and CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4=n in order to reduce the compilation time and in order to avoid using up so much disk space during compilation.



• 
  

  Run:

  
  
  

  sudo su
make menuconfig
make && make modules_install && make install

  
  

Now be patient...

In my case path_to_config | grep variable_of_interest still returned the old configuration uppon completion of the above steps, but the changes had been made to the kernel and it was working as required.