Compiling the kernel using a Bitkeeper tree

[rdiz at alumni.deec.uc.pt]

Thanks for the tips and the links, I got it compiling under a minute after
I read your reply, and it also answered some of my doubts.

Helpful indeed :)

Best Regards,
Ricardo Diz


> On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 13:00, rdiz at alumni.deec.uc.pt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using bitkeeper for the first time, and I find myself unable to
>> compile
>> a kernel from the linuxppc-2.5-benh tree I "cloned".
>>
>> It might be a naive question, but don't get how one can compile it. I
>> don't even find a Makefile in my root rep directory, and I haven't chose
>> the compilations options yet... Using a gziped kernel all I had to do
>> was
>> something like "make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux- menuconfig".
>
> When you clone a tree, it's not checked out. Think of a bk tree like
> a cvs repository interleaved with yor working directory. All you have
> now is the repository, but no checked-out working copy.
>
> I suggest to read http://www.bitkeeper.com/Documentation.FAQS.Linux.html
>
> Some hints:
> - You can configure your bk tree in "checkout-get mode"
> - To see/edit individual files, use "bk get"/"bk edit"
>   It's just like with "cvs co"/"cvs edit", but both is mandantory
> - make and patch know how to check out files automagically
> - run "bk helptool"
> - see linux/Documentation/BK-usage
> - see http://www.bitkeeper.com/cvs2bk.html
>
> --
> Stefan Nickl
> Kontron Modular Computers
>
>
>


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