* Ishwar Rattan ishwar@pali.cps.cmich.edu [20060217 22:15]:

Finally took the plunge to compile SMP kernel. downloaded the vanilla linux-2.6.25 sources from ftp.kernel.org downloaded the all-in-one-patch from grml.org applied the patches (no failures seen) compiled the kernel with the commandi (in source directory): fakeroot make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg -append-to-version="-smp" kernel-image modules-image

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You probably don't need this, as target kernel-image does all you need.

compiles with quite few warnings (too many to list) and creates .deb file installed the .deb file with dpkg -i (system does boot with -smp kernel..)

Ok.

I have a question on entries in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml-smp some directory entries that exist in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml (drivers, extra, net etc.) are not created in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml-smp (only kernel directory is cerated)

Is it normal? Is the -smp kernel using some modules from /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml or did I make the kernel/modules wrong?

Yes, this is normal. No, you can't use modules from another kernel (version).

I assume you mean the directories like acx100, bcm, ivtv, linux-wlan-ng,... in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml? No, you did nothing wrong. This are addons not brought to you by vanilla kernel. What grml ships is documented on: http://grml.org/kernel/#modules Take a look at module-assistant (man m-a) to build the extra modules/packages you need.

regards, -mika-