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KTAU installation comprises 2 parts, kernel modification and user-API library and utilities installation. KTAU distribution is organized as in following hierarchy.
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ktau/patches/ : Contains patches for various version of Linux kernel.
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ktau/src/ : Contains extension to Linux kernel which is independent from version of the kernel.
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ktau/usr-src/ : Contains user-space libraries and utilities.
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ktau/misc/ : Contains works in progress.
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Obtain a distribution of KTAU from KTAU website. (http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/ktau/downloads.php)
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Obtain a distribution of Linux kernel from http://www.kernel.org. KTAU is ported to several versions of Linux. Please check in
ktau/patches/directory for supported kernel versions -
At
ktau/src/linux-2.X/, runsh INSTALL-kernel.sh <path to Linux kernel source> <patch name>
This script will patch the kernel with the specified KTAU patch and install necessary files inside the kernel source tree.
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At the root of Linux source tree, run
make menuconfigand configure the kernel to enable KTAU. Save the configuration. -
At the root of Linux source tree, run
make clean dep bzImage modules moduels_install (for Linux-2.4)
make clean bzImage modules modules_install (for Linux-2.6)
This will compile the kernel and install kernel. Then, configure system to boot with the new kernel, and reboot.