Linux kernel Upgrade

Reference Source: http://www.linuxidc.com/Linux/2014-10/108768.htm

1. Yum Update (upgrade to latest version)

2, source upgrade (upgrade to the specified version)

Https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.12.40.tar.gz

Tar XF linux-3.12.40.tar.gz

CP-RV linux-3.12.40/usr/src/

cd/usr/src/linux-3.12.40

1), Make Menuconfig

Kernel configuration interface, if you need to customize the kernel, you can choose according to the prompts

2), make Oldconfig

If you are customizing the kernel, you do not need to perform this step

Use the current system kernel configuration file for the kernel source to be compiled

The. config file will be created in the current directory

Compiling the installation

3), make [-JN]

N is a number, such as Make-j4 split 4 job Tasks parallel compilation, faster compilation speed

Using make-j does not limit the task book for parallel compilation, but the error rate may be higher

4), Make Modules_install

Installing kernel Modules

5), make install

Installing the kernel

6), reboot

Restart

Linux kernel Upgrade