Ubuntu Wiki

!!! Please scroll down to old links section for working links !!!

Kernel Build related infromation

• How to build a kernel on your local machine.

• How to build a kernel in a PPA.

• How to build dkms packages.

• How to modify kernel config and build kernel.

• How to apply patches and build a kernel.

• How to use kernel build scripts.

Kernel Patch Submission

• How to submit patches upstream.

• How to submit SRU patches.

• How to submit sauce patches to ubuntu kernel.

• How to push patches to remote git tree.

• Required Stable Patch Format.

Kernel Maintenance Related information

• What is kernel stable release update (SRU).

• What is the SRU policy.

• What is kernel ABI and when/why is it incremented.

• List of packages that needs ABI bump during stable update.

• How to add non-free firmware.

• How to add free firmware.

• How to version changes to kernel packages.

• What is the kernel security update policy.

• What are topic branches.

• What is the kernel release schedule

Kernel Bug Fixing

• How to fix a kernel bug

Guides and Other Useful Documentation.

• Kernel frequently asked question (FAQ).

• A GIT cheat sheet.

• Community Documentation on GIT

Old links

• Kernel/FAQDeveloper -- developer oriented Frequently Asked Questions

• KernelTeam/KernelTeamBugPolicies - How to triage kernel bugs.

• Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel - Minimalist kernel build guide

• KernelDevelopmentShift - New development model.

• KernelGitGuide - Using the git repos.

• Community Git Documentation - Community Git Documentation.

• GitCheatSheet - Git recipes

• KernelTeam/KernelUpdates - Updates to stable kernels.

• KernelTeam/KernelMaintenance - How to maintain the kernel.

• Kernel/Maintenance/Beginner - A beginners guide to Ubuntu kernel maintanence.

• Kernel/Maintenance/Advanced - An advanced guide to Ubuntu kernel maintanence.

• KernelTeam/KernelForIdiots - Scott's notes on making custom kernels cause he can't grep the above two things fast enough

• KernelBugFixing - Process flow for fixing kernel bugs.

• KernelBuildScripts - Information on how to use some helper scripts for remote building.

• KernelPatches - How to submit a patch and why we will or won't take patches.

• KernelPackageVersioning - How to version changes to kernel packages.

• KernelPackagePolicies - Describes the kernel packages maintainer functions

• Kernel Package ABI Relationships - Which packages need ABI bumping during stable updates.

• KernelConfig - Why the Ubuntu config is the way it is.

• TopicBranches - What is a Topic Branch?

• KernelTeam/StableKernelMaintenance - how the SRU process applied to the kernel.

• ARM kernel cross compilation

• KernelTeam/EncryptedHome - info on how to encrypt your sensitive data, such as your .ssh keys

• KernalTeam/EC2Kernel - Information on the Ec2 Topic Branch

• BestPractices - Best Practices tips and tricks

• KernelTeam/BuildKernelWithChroot - Setting up an chroot environment for build kernel

• KernelTeam/DKMSPackaging - How to build a DKMS Package

• KernelTeam/HardwareEnableWithDSDT - Read the DSDT and enable extra function on your laptop

• KernelTeam/AddingNonFreeFirmware - Adding firmware to linux-firmware-nonfree

• KernelTeam/AddingFreeFirmware - Adding free firmware to Ubuntu

• Kernel/Quirks/LowMemoryCorruption - How to fix "low memory corruption bugs"

• KernelCustomBuild - building your own kernels Q&A

• GitKernelBuild - Build mainline kernel from git. Also help with submitting bugs to upstream bugzilla.kernel.org

• Kernel/SwitchFirewireStack - How to switch from legacy to new firewire stack.

• MaintainerStarter - How to open the kernel for the next development release