How to compile a kernel for Ubuntu Jaunty – Revised

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As of Ubuntu Jaunty’s kernel 2.6.28-15.49 the kernel developers have made changes to the kernel source. The changes have such a big impact on how to compile a kernel for Ubuntu Jaunty that I had to revise my previous article. Lots ot the text in this article will look extremely similar to my previous article, but there are some big changes. If you already got the kernel source using git you will have to read my article on how to update the kernel sources to the latest version at my article Ubuntu Jaunty kernel sources changes.
Lets get started with creating our own custom kernel for Ubuntu Jaunty from scratch.
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Ubuntu Jaunty kernel sources changes.

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If you compile your own kernel for Ubuntu Jaunty and you follow my git instructions you need to know the Ubuntu developers have changed the way they set up the kernel sources starting with kernel version Ubuntu-2.6.28-50.

One of the things that this change causes is you can’t really easily use git to merge the source of Ubuntu-2.6.28-50 or higher.
I will be explaining which steps to take so you can easily merge again and compile your own Ubuntu Jaunty kernel.
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How to update the custom compiled kernel to a new release using git

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In a previous article I addressed how to compile a kernel for Ubuntu Intrepid using git and in a follow up article I explained how to compile a new release if you already compiled your own custom kernel using git. The upgrade article was written if the kernel upgrade was one where the only ABI number changed was the last one.
In this article I’ll explain how you can update your previously compiled custom kernel to a newer version, if you used git. This article won’t touch an upgrade of kernel 2.6.27 to 2.6.28.

Updates:
Jan 9, 2009: Added git add to the “commit your changes” section.
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