Porteus 3.17.4 compile kernel just to enable 64GB 32bit PAE

[floatbit]

hi porteus members,

i read about the compiling custom kernel with porteus here,
http://www.porteus.org/tutorials/51-dev ... ernel.html

i plan to enable 64GB PAE support for 32 bit using the exact same linux kernel as downloadable now from porteus page, 3.17.4, do i need to

make modules_install
make firmware_install

does Section II Updating 000-kernel.xzm module with new drivers apply if we are to compile same version kernel as distributed by porteus iso?

i tried to compile 3.19 kernel days ago, it breaks all the devices driver, no wifi, no sound, and etc,
i use make modules_install and make firmware_install during that test, too bad

thank you.

[floatbit]

successfully compiled, and must firmware and modules too.

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:~# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       8102120    1774288    6327832          0     104048    1186900
-/+ buffers/cache:     483340    7618780
Swap:            0          0          0

but whenever the system boots, it would shows missing virtualbox drivers

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:~# dmesg | grep vbox
[   42.278565] vboxdrv: version magic '3.17.4-porteus SMP preempt mod_unload 486 ' should be '3.17.4-porteus SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 '
[   42.280581] vboxdrv: version magic '3.17.4-porteus SMP preempt mod_unload 486 ' should be '3.17.4-porteus SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 '
[   42.282598] vboxdrv: version magic '3.17.4-porteus SMP preempt mod_unload 486 ' should be '3.17.4-porteus SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 '
[   42.397464] vboxdrv: version magic '3.17.4-porteus SMP preempt mod_unload 486 ' should be '3.17.4-porteus SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 '

Any ideas?

[beny]

hi virtualbox make his modules with the kernel name so you have to reinstall the virtualbox, uname -a, give you the right kernel version

[fanthom]

second sentence of the compilation doc says clearly:

WARNING: after upgrading, all kernel dependent Porteus modules like VirtualBox or proprietary GPU drivers will need to be recompiled against the new kernel version too.

[dstarke]

Would you please post the resulting 32bit PAE Porteus version or document your work in recompiling the kernel. I will try to also to recompile. I would love to have a working 32bit PAE version of Porteus. TIA