pve-kernel-thunderx/README.md

# Proxmox Thunderx kernels
Custom Linux kernels for Proxmox VE arm64 ThunderX (CN88xx) system based on Ubuntu linux

#### Available Versions
1. Linux 5.15 -> branch:v5.15
2. Linux 6.5 -> branch:v6.5
3. Linux 6.8 -> master

## Installation
add arm64 kernel repo.

```sh
curl https://ayakael.net/api/packages/forge/debian/repository.key -o /etc/apt/keyrings/forgejo-forge.asc
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/forgejo-forge.asc] https://ayakael.net/api/packages/forge/debian bookworm main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/forgejo.list
apt update
apt search pve-kernel
apt install pve-kernel-xxxx
```

## Building manually
You may also choose to manually build one of these kernels yourself.

#### Prerequisites
Make sure you have at least 10 GB of free space available and have the following
packages installed:

```bash
apt install devscripts debhelper equivs git
```

#### Obtaining the source
Obtain the source code as follows:
```bash
git https://ayakael.net/forge/pve-kernel-thunderx
cd pve-kernel-thunderx
```
Then, select the branch of your likings (e.g. `v5.15`) and update the submodules:
```bash
git checkout master
git submodule update --init --depth=1 --recursive linux
git submodule update --init --recursive
```

#### Building
First, generate the Debian control file for your kernel by running the following
in your command prompt:
```bash
debian/rules debian/control
```
Before we build, make sure you have installed the build dependencies:
```bash
sudo mk-build-deps -i
```
merge your confile,if your kernel config is `/boot/config-5.10.167-edge`,do
```bash
cat /boot/config-5.10.167-edge >> debian/config/config.pve
```
Invoking the following command will build the kernel and its associated packages:
```bash
debuild -ePVE* --jobs=auto -b -uc -us
```
The Makefile provides several environmental variables to control:

1. `PVE_KERNEL_CC`  
   The compiler to use for the kernel build.
2. `PVE_KERNEL_CFLAGS`  
   The compilation options to use for the kernel build. Use this variable to specify
   the optimization level or micro architecture to build for.

Kernel options may be controlled from [debian/config/config.pve](debian/config/config.pve). To build with
additional patches, you may add them to the [debian/patches/pve](debian/patches/pve) directory
and update the [series](debian/patches/series.linux) file accordingly.

## Removal
Use `apt` to remove individual kernel packages from your system. If you want
to remove all packages from a particular kernel release, use the following
command:

```bash
apt remove pve-kernel-6.8* pve-headers-6.8*
```

## Contributing
Questions, suggestions and contributions are welcome and appreciated!
You can contribute in various meaningful ways:

* Report a bug by email <dev@ayakael.net>
* Propose new patches and flavors for the project.
* Contribute improvements to the documentation.
* Provide feedback about how we can improve the project.