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layout: post
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title: "My first contribution to Linux Kernel: Step by step"
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date: 2021-11-06 00:00:00
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permalink: first-linux-contribution/
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categories: programming
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author: Mahdi
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published: false
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---
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November 6th:
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Create a virtual machine for Archlinux on my macOS using QEMU:
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- [Download the Archlinux iso image](https://archlinux.org/download/)
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- Create a qemu disk:
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{% highlight bash %}
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qemu-img create disk.img 15G
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{% endhighlight %}
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- Start the machine and [install Archlinux](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide)
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{% highlight bash %}
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qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom archlinux-2021.11.01-x86_64.iso -boot order=d -drive format=raw,file=disk.img -m 8G
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{% endhighlight %}
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- Start the machine after installing
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{% highlight bash %}
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qemu-system-x86_64 -drive format=raw,file=disk.img -m 2G
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{% endhighlight %}
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- Install dependencies:
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{% highlight bash %}
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pacman -S gcc git make
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{% endhighlight %}
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- Clone linux:
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{% highlight bash %}
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git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
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{% endhighlight %}
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- Install necessary dependencies
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{% highlight bash %}
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pacman -S flex base-devel xmlto kmod inetutils bc libelf git cpio perl tar xz
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{% endhighlight %}
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- Generate a configuration file
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{% highlight bash %}
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make nconfig
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{% endhighlight %}
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- Make!
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{% highlight bash %}
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make
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{% endhighlight %}
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