Custom kernel 2.6.39.3 ubuntu amd64 packages optimized for core2 and above

Requirements

This package is created in Ubuntu 11.04 and should install fine in all versions of Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (as well 10.10) and Linux Mint 11 (as well Mint 10) (should as well in debian squeeze but not sure about dkms)

The build is for 64bit core2 processors and above (intel quadcore, i3, i5 and i7)

The following are the configuration settings

1. Processor is selected as CORE2
2. Makefile and Makefile_32 modified to reflect march settings and mtune settings to core2
3. Configuration of oneiric kernel is taken as base, http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.39.3-oneiric/
4. Kernel Timer Frequency is 100 HZ as oneiric kernel config defaulted to this frequency

How to install

To install

sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.39.3-core2swift_14.00_amd64.deb linux-headers-2.6.39.3-core2swift_14.00_amd64.deb

followed by (these steps update-initramfs and update-grub are not required for mint10 or maverick, these were required when using Ubuntu Lucid)

sudo update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.39.3-core2swift

and final step of

sudo update-grub

before rebooting and reboot into the newly installed kernel from grub

How to build yourself

follow my blog on how to build kernel in ten steps at

http://duopetalflower.blogspot.com/2010/11/kernel-compilation-in-ten-steps-ubuntu.html

Kernel Source

I downloaded the kernel source tarball from kernel.org

Version: 2.6.39.3

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.39.3.tar.bz2

MD5SUMS



e56c13441a01d2d824d41c8c334acb90  linux-headers-2.6.39.3-core2swift_14.00_amd64.deb
499ea0974956939207bf8ca04a492ec5  linux-image-2.6.39.3-core2swift_14.00_amd64.deb
674cde81ea04c5da83a6affc57023424  Readme.odt
ee780107d2ebd285f671eea7472b981f  Readme.pdf
ea48c1e9f29ef88987cc4d6af96a949a  CONFIG-CORE2



SHA256SUMS


8cde00077d2ab4345c989ebb56b8788db99c9ca5cc052ffeb73c6c2255de1507  linux-headers-2.6.39.3-core2swift_14.00_amd64.deb
94018021e25d3ca7091f5e8f90229e7623e7b154233e87ae4f4a2a0489148591  linux-image-2.6.39.3-core2swift_14.00_amd64.deb
98ce48f9a274b2dc6c6563a3e2448d2631dab1650028f93553bede54a8df2a78  Readme.odt
28a4dc58860d6e4a6081b093ae2034e8e8d5aaf2977e516c801b2d956a20dd26  Readme.pdf
0e70cab7e27d3511e77e362f5bca1d85f467e5d85a3563d3e4025046b14e8d1a  CONFIG-CORE2



Dropbox Download Links


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.39.3-core2swift/CONFIG-CORE2
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.39.3-core2swift/linux-headers-2.6.39.3-core2swift_14.00_amd64.deb
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.39.3-core2swift/linux-image-2.6.39.3-core2swift_14.00_amd64.deb
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.39.3-core2swift/Readme.odt
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.39.3-core2swift/Readme.pdf