Fitlet: Linux: Kernel

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Overview

The latest release is based on a generic Ubuntu kernel 3.19.0 with a few modifications made by CompuLab.

Download the kernel package for fitlet and ensure the integrity of the file:

$ md5sum fitlet_kernel_3.19_2015-12-16.zip
36773afc407e11307aaef25d72e06774  fitlet_kernel_3.19_2015-12-16.zip

The downloaded archive includes the following:

  • linux_3.19.0.orig.tar.gz - mainline Linux 3.16.0 sources
  • linux_3.19.0-39.44.diff - Ubuntu patch
  • compulab.3.19.0-fitlet.diff - CompuLab patch
  • config-3.19.0-39-compulab.fitlet - CompuLab config file
  • Resulting .deb files are also included

Installation

Unzip the downloaded archive and install the kernel image and header files

$ unzip fitlet_kernel_3.19_2015-12-16.zip
$ sudo dpkg -i fitlet_kernel_3.19_2015-12-16/linux-*.deb

Previous releases

Development

The kernel can be recompiled with necessary changes as described on Kernel development for x86 modules