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Compiling your own kernel ​

This page contains content on how to compile your own kernel.

WARNING

If you cannot understand any of this get the fuck out.

Rquirements: ​

  • Semi-Decent Machine. The ps4 itself can be used as well.

  • Reading capability.

  • Patience.

Where to start? ​

  • First you should start by choosing the method you will use to compile the kernel with.

Which methods are available? ​

  • You can do manuall with commands by following the archwiki. Or you can do the far more user friendly approach by using linux-tkg. In this page only linux-tkg will be covered as its far more user friend and just easier to use.

Step 1 - Setup ​

  • First clone the linux-tkg repo.

    https://github.com/Frogging-Family/linux-tkg.git

  • Download the modified PKGBUILD file and place it into the directory.

  • Download using this link here.

  • You will also need to install couple packages needed to compile you can copy the provided command:

    yay -S --needed base-devel git ccache schedtool clang lld llvm \
bison xmlto docbook-xsl inetutils bc libelf pahole patchutils flex \
python-sphinx python-sphinx_rtd_theme graphviz imagemagick cpio \
perl tar xz wget --noconfirm

Step 2 - Configuring the linux-tkg project ​

  • Go into $HOME/.config and make a directory called frogminer

  • After that go back to linux-tkg and copy the "customization.cfg" into the .config/frogminer directory but rename the file to "linux-tkg.cfg".

  • Open the config file and change "_git_mirror=" to "_git_mirror="https://github.com/feeRnt/ps4-linux-12xx.git"

NOTE: this kernel is only aoelia-belize go to his repo to find kernels for baikal.

  • This will clone the 6.15.4 kernel wen you select it.

  • Example with images will be provided here.

NOTE: Im using offline mode here so you will not see other kernels besides ones that have been cloned.

NOTE:Fixing the pkgbuild

  • The linux-tkg project does not allow the option for kernel output to be compiled as bzImage, i have made a issue but it hasn't been pushed or decided if it will be pushed. So for now you will need to use a modified PKGBUILD file.
  • This is only for arch because its the distro i use i dont know for other distros but you will have to modify ./install.sh script if you dont use arch.
  • You can download the follow modded PKGBUILD file from this link here.

  • Config for linux-tkg.cfg will be provided here. I will call this the recommended config because it has been tuned for the ps4 and minimizing compile time. If you wanna lower the compile times even more check out modprobed-db on archwiki.

  • The config will be used automatically if you followed up the Step 1 of the guide.

  • Cd in the the linux-tkg with this command:

    cd linux-tkg

  • Now run the makepkg -o or makepkg -s command and follow the instructions of the linux-tkg next.

To be continued.... ​