README.md

Build the kernel from source with gcc container

A container to build linux kernel with the latest gcc.

Required stuff

• Linux Kernel Source code, check out locally
• docker-compose

WorkFlow

$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
$ cd linux-stable
$ git checkout linux-4.18.y
# or your branch/commit
# cd back to this directory
# edit default_settings.env to point correct places

$ docker-compose build
$ docker-compose up

Default Environment Variables

Variable	Default Value
KERNEL_SRC	/src/linux
BUILD_OUTPUT	/tmp/
OLD_CONFIG	/tmp/old_config

References:

• KernelBuild from kernelnewbies
• build_kernel.sh script

author: tuan t. pham