Greetings. I saw this post about building kernel for stoney but it’s for debian. I’m very new to Linux and am using Arch linux (largely to learn this all vigorously).
A step-by-step guide would be most appreciated but general guidance (reference to verified guides, etc) would also help
The arch wiki has a general guide for compiling your own kernel. Make sure you modify the PKGBUILD to include the patch file linked in the post you referenced.
I am stuck here and have no idea what’s the matter(text extracted by ChatGPT after I uploaded the picture to it)
==> Validating source files with b2sums...
linux-6.16.5.tar.xz ... Passed
linux-6.16.5.tar.sign ... Skipped
linux-v6.16.5-arch1.patch.zst ... Passed
linux-v6.16.5-arch1.patch.zst.sig ... Skipped
config ... Passed
==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg...
linux-6.16.5.tar ... Passed
linux-v6.16.5-arch1.patch.zst ... Passed
==> Extracting sources...
-> Extracting linux-6.16.5.tar.xz with bsdtar
-> Extracting linux-v6.16.5-arch1.patch.zst with zstd
==> Starting prepare()...
Applying /home/mutawir01/build/linux-liquorix-stoney/src/../patches-liquorix/liquorix-stoney.patch
patching file linux-liquorix/debian/patches/chrultrabook/01-asoc-amd-use-new-acp-dev-names-for-dai-links.patch
patching file linux-liquorix/debian/patches/chrultrabook/02-drm-amdgpu-use-static-ids-for-acp-platform-devs.patch
can't find file to patch at input line 288
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff --git a/linux-liquorix/debian/patches/series b/linux-liquorix/debian/patches/series
|index 9c2b2092..3e53148c 100644
|--- a/linux-liquorix/debian/patches/series
|+++ b/linux-liquorix/debian/patches/series
--------------------------
File to patch: _
Perhaps it is because I am using Debian’s patch? (the one I saw in the post mentioned earlier)
These are what I modified in the PKGBUILD
pkgbase=linux-liquorix-stoney
pkgdesc=‘Linux kernel with Liquorix and Stoney Ridge support’
prepare() {
cd $_srcname
# Apply Liquorix & Stoney patches
for p in "${srcdir}"/../patches-liquorix/*.patch; do
echo "Applying $p"
patch -Np1 -i "$p"
done
echo "Setting version..."
echo "-$pkgrel" > localversion.10-pkgrel
echo "${pkgbase#linux}" > localversion.20-pkgname
# local src
# for src in "${source[@]}"; do
# src="${src%%::*}"
# src="${src##*/}"
# src="${src%.zst}"
# [[ $src = *.patch ]] || continue
# echo "Applying patch $src..."
# patch -Np1 < "../$src"
# done
echo "Setting config..."
cp ../config .config
make olddefconfig
diff -u ../config .config || :
make -s kernelrelease > version
echo "Prepared $pkgbase version $(<version)"
}
I’m not too sure what I did wrong. These are the two patches I added in “./patches-liquorix”
https://forum.chrultrabook.com/uploads/short-url/levr5lUJL1DBamyUwErgcYEQpph.patch
(also, I am new to forum-style stuff so let me if I am not providing enough info or giving irrelevant info, and thanks WeirdTreeThing for the guidance initially)
Why are you trying to use Liquorix on Arch? Arch Wiki page linked by WTT already has all required commands to get sources for your kernel and how to add patches.
Ahh… So Liquorix is not a patch? Since it was part of the post itself, I thought it was also a patch (or, more specifically, the patch inside zen folder in the patches) hence why I added it in the patches
May you kindly provide me with all the required patches? I wish to avoid making this kind of stupid mistake again
I am also interested in which patch should be applied to a stock kernel for archlinux.
For other kernel packages (e.g. stock Debian kernel) and other distros, you’ll need to manually apply all of the following patches
and there are two patches, one is for kernel <6.15 and the second for >6.16. I downloaded stock 6.17.7 from kernel.org and tried to apply the patch for kernel >6.16, but it appeared that the patch was already applied.
Question: Do I need to apply the patch for <6.15 too? @WeirdTreeThing ?
For the latest kernel, all you need is the amdgpu patch. You can even get it directly from the lkml Making sure you're not a bot!
Aha, thanks for the tip. Gonna try.
For those interested:
Take commit 43de1b163dc572dc4061c9baf005216e3ce11348 from archlinux kernel package , put amd-gpu.patch in the root dir and add amd-gpu.patch to the sources in PKGBUILD. Or simply use PKGBUILD below:
# Maintainer: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <[email protected]>
pkgbase=linux
pkgver=6.17.7.arch1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='Linux'
url='https://github.com/archlinux/linux'
arch=(x86_64)
license=(GPL-2.0-only)
makedepends=(
bc
cpio
gettext
libelf
pahole
perl
python
rust
rust-bindgen
rust-src
tar
xz
# htmldocs
graphviz
imagemagick
python-sphinx
python-yaml
texlive-latexextra
)
options=(
!debug
!strip
)
_srcname=linux-${pkgver%.*}
_srctag=v${pkgver%.*}-${pkgver##*.}
source=(
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${pkgver%%.*}.x/${_srcname}.tar.{xz,sign}
$url/releases/download/$_srctag/linux-$_srctag.patch.zst{,.sig}
amd-gpu.patch
config # the main kernel config file
)
validpgpkeys=(
ABAF11C65A2970B130ABE3C479BE3E4300411886 # Linus Torvalds
647F28654894E3BD457199BE38DBBDC86092693E # Greg Kroah-Hartman
83BC8889351B5DEBBB68416EB8AC08600F108CDF # Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
)
# https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
sha256sums=('ddf2ea0d4439e1d57136be3623102af9458f601f5b1cb77e83246e88aea09d0e'
'SKIP'
'8bb8d08a419971c0cf96346de3de69c980e0c9a384f46cca49ca9c74eb60343a'
'SKIP'
'SKIP'
'4e6c3f6a35fed3e2bee7309d430ddf87b435ffb6e697c5d53a6c2eb73c42079a')
b2sums=('7338c33e209a87d2acdc80cb30066b719a1924ac38db0ac4087c4cb2ae6d510d75fbc97eeadac9bbc070afe09f29e65fd7ab18383fe677adcf993c17d4407535'
'SKIP'
'446bbb888e4588285d9629b6142420a308919105612d81cc9add844857c6930caf8fa8477e3120f51a596609f4aba6f166447902fc6936ba8c60870976690db2'
'SKIP'
'SKIP'
'7d8b33b9ef36bbd599ad283210d19c8f6a481ac3e540be0ac519c4942865bf8a25f01bfcfba4ff4c6fc237a5d7586eb6bb0fbf3eb657d5df6856bd4395475f78')
export KBUILD_BUILD_HOST=archlinux
export KBUILD_BUILD_USER=$pkgbase
export KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP="$(date -Ru${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:+d @$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH})"
prepare() {
cd $_srcname
echo "Setting version..."
echo "-$pkgrel" > localversion.10-pkgrel
echo "${pkgbase#linux}" > localversion.20-pkgname
local src
for src in "${source[@]}"; do
src="${src%%::*}"
src="${src##*/}"
src="${src%.zst}"
[[ $src = *.patch ]] || continue
echo "Applying patch $src..."
patch -Np1 < "../$src"
done
echo "Setting config..."
cp ../config .config
make olddefconfig
diff -u ../config .config || :
make -s kernelrelease > version
echo "Prepared $pkgbase version $(<version)"
}
build() {
cd $_srcname
make all
make -C tools/bpf/bpftool vmlinux.h feature-clang-bpf-co-re=1
make htmldocs SPHINXOPTS=-QT
}
_package() {
pkgdesc="The $pkgdesc kernel and modules"
depends=(
coreutils
initramfs
kmod
)
optdepends=(
'linux-firmware: firmware images needed for some devices'
'scx-scheds: to use sched-ext schedulers'
'wireless-regdb: to set the correct wireless channels of your country'
)
provides=(
KSMBD-MODULE
NTSYNC-MODULE
VIRTUALBOX-GUEST-MODULES
WIREGUARD-MODULE
)
replaces=(
virtualbox-guest-modules-arch
wireguard-arch
)
cd $_srcname
local modulesdir="$pkgdir/usr/lib/modules/$(<version)"
echo "Installing boot image..."
# systemd expects to find the kernel here to allow hibernation
# https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/edda44605f06a41fb86b7ab8128dcf99161d2344
install -Dm644 "$(make -s image_name)" "$modulesdir/vmlinuz"
# Used by mkinitcpio to name the kernel
echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"
echo "Installing modules..."
ZSTD_CLEVEL=19 make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 \
DEPMOD=/doesnt/exist modules_install # Suppress depmod
# remove build link
rm "$modulesdir"/build
}
_package-headers() {
pkgdesc="Headers and scripts for building modules for the $pkgdesc kernel"
depends=(pahole)
cd $_srcname
local builddir="$pkgdir/usr/lib/modules/$(<version)/build"
echo "Installing build files..."
install -Dt "$builddir" -m644 .config Makefile Module.symvers System.map \
localversion.* version vmlinux tools/bpf/bpftool/vmlinux.h
install -Dt "$builddir/kernel" -m644 kernel/Makefile
install -Dt "$builddir/arch/x86" -m644 arch/x86/Makefile
cp -t "$builddir" -a scripts
ln -srt "$builddir" "$builddir/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py"
# required when STACK_VALIDATION is enabled
install -Dt "$builddir/tools/objtool" tools/objtool/objtool
# required when DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES is enabled
install -Dt "$builddir/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids" tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids
echo "Installing headers..."
cp -t "$builddir" -a include
cp -t "$builddir/arch/x86" -a arch/x86/include
install -Dt "$builddir/arch/x86/kernel" -m644 arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s
install -Dt "$builddir/drivers/md" -m644 drivers/md/*.h
install -Dt "$builddir/net/mac80211" -m644 net/mac80211/*.h
# https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13146
install -Dt "$builddir/drivers/media/i2c" -m644 drivers/media/i2c/msp3400-driver.h
# https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20402
install -Dt "$builddir/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb" -m644 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/*.h
install -Dt "$builddir/drivers/media/dvb-frontends" -m644 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/*.h
install -Dt "$builddir/drivers/media/tuners" -m644 drivers/media/tuners/*.h
# https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/71392
install -Dt "$builddir/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors" -m644 drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/*.h
echo "Installing KConfig files..."
find . -name 'Kconfig*' -exec install -Dm644 {} "$builddir/{}" \;
echo "Installing Rust files..."
install -Dt "$builddir/rust" -m644 rust/*.rmeta
install -Dt "$builddir/rust" rust/*.so
echo "Installing unstripped VDSO..."
make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" vdso_install \
link= # Suppress build-id symlinks
echo "Removing unneeded architectures..."
local arch
for arch in "$builddir"/arch/*/; do
[[ $arch = */x86/ ]] && continue
echo "Removing $(basename "$arch")"
rm -r "$arch"
done
echo "Removing documentation..."
rm -r "$builddir/Documentation"
echo "Removing broken symlinks..."
find -L "$builddir" -type l -printf 'Removing %P\n' -delete
echo "Removing loose objects..."
find "$builddir" -type f -name '*.o' -printf 'Removing %P\n' -delete
echo "Stripping build tools..."
local file
while read -rd '' file; do
case "$(file -Sib "$file")" in
application/x-sharedlib\;*) # Libraries (.so)
strip -v $STRIP_SHARED "$file" ;;
application/x-archive\;*) # Libraries (.a)
strip -v $STRIP_STATIC "$file" ;;
application/x-executable\;*) # Binaries
strip -v $STRIP_BINARIES "$file" ;;
application/x-pie-executable\;*) # Relocatable binaries
strip -v $STRIP_SHARED "$file" ;;
esac
done < <(find "$builddir" -type f -perm -u+x ! -name vmlinux -print0)
echo "Stripping vmlinux..."
strip -v $STRIP_STATIC "$builddir/vmlinux"
echo "Adding symlink..."
mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/src"
ln -sr "$builddir" "$pkgdir/usr/src/$pkgbase"
}
_package-docs() {
pkgdesc="Documentation for the $pkgdesc kernel"
cd $_srcname
local builddir="$pkgdir/usr/lib/modules/$(<version)/build"
echo "Installing documentation..."
local src dst
while read -rd '' src; do
dst="${src#Documentation/}"
dst="$builddir/Documentation/${dst#output/}"
install -Dm644 "$src" "$dst"
done < <(find Documentation -name '.*' -prune -o ! -type d -print0)
echo "Adding symlink..."
mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc"
ln -sr "$builddir/Documentation" "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgbase"
}
pkgname=(
"$pkgbase"
"$pkgbase-headers"
"$pkgbase-docs"
)
for _p in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
eval "package_$_p() {
$(declare -f "_package${_p#$pkgbase}")
_package${_p#$pkgbase}
}"
done
# vim:set ts=8 sts=2 sw=2 et:
amd-gpu.patch is below:
diff -ruN linux-6.17.7/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acp.c linux-6.17.7-new/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acp.c
--- linux-6.17.7/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acp.c 2025-11-02 14:18:05.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-6.17.7-new/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acp.c 2025-11-02 23:55:00.302775863 +0100
@@ -302,17 +302,19 @@
adev->acp.acp_res[2].end = adev->acp.acp_res[2].start;
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].name = "acp_audio_dma";
+ adev->acp.acp_cell[0].id = 0;
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].num_resources = 3;
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].resources = &adev->acp.acp_res[0];
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].platform_data = &adev->asic_type;
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].pdata_size = sizeof(adev->asic_type);
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].name = "designware-i2s";
+ adev->acp.acp_cell[1].id = 1;
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].num_resources = 1;
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].resources = &adev->acp.acp_res[1];
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].platform_data = &i2s_pdata[0];
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].pdata_size = sizeof(struct i2s_platform_data);
- r = mfd_add_hotplug_devices(adev->acp.parent, adev->acp.acp_cell, 2);
+ r = mfd_add_devices(adev->acp.parent, 0, adev->acp.acp_cell, 2, NULL, 0, NULL);
if (r)
goto failure;
r = device_for_each_child(adev->acp.parent, &adev->acp.acp_genpd->gpd,
@@ -410,30 +412,34 @@
adev->acp.acp_res[4].end = adev->acp.acp_res[4].start;
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].name = "acp_audio_dma";
+ adev->acp.acp_cell[0].id = 0;
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].num_resources = 5;
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].resources = &adev->acp.acp_res[0];
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].platform_data = &adev->asic_type;
adev->acp.acp_cell[0].pdata_size = sizeof(adev->asic_type);
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].name = "designware-i2s";
+ adev->acp.acp_cell[1].id = 1;
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].num_resources = 1;
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].resources = &adev->acp.acp_res[1];
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].platform_data = &i2s_pdata[0];
adev->acp.acp_cell[1].pdata_size = sizeof(struct i2s_platform_data);
adev->acp.acp_cell[2].name = "designware-i2s";
+ adev->acp.acp_cell[2].id = 2;
adev->acp.acp_cell[2].num_resources = 1;
adev->acp.acp_cell[2].resources = &adev->acp.acp_res[2];
adev->acp.acp_cell[2].platform_data = &i2s_pdata[1];
adev->acp.acp_cell[2].pdata_size = sizeof(struct i2s_platform_data);
adev->acp.acp_cell[3].name = "designware-i2s";
+ adev->acp.acp_cell[3].id = 3;
adev->acp.acp_cell[3].num_resources = 1;
adev->acp.acp_cell[3].resources = &adev->acp.acp_res[3];
adev->acp.acp_cell[3].platform_data = &i2s_pdata[2];
adev->acp.acp_cell[3].pdata_size = sizeof(struct i2s_platform_data);
- r = mfd_add_hotplug_devices(adev->acp.parent, adev->acp.acp_cell, ACP_DEVS);
+ r = mfd_add_devices(adev->acp.parent, 0, adev->acp.acp_cell, ACP_DEVS, NULL, 0, NULL);
if (r)
goto failure;
Then compile and install obtained package.