Building and booting

Now it’s time to download and configure the necessary source code. Then we’ll build it and get it to boot. Firstly follow the Building steps for your Halium version. Secondly, proceed with the final Install and boot section.

Building

• Building the kernel
• Installing the kernel
• Booting

Deprecated building methods

In the past there used to be three separate porting methods called:

• Full system image method

• Halium boot method

• Standalone kernel method

For modern devices, this is much simplified. Full system was only really applicable on Halium 7.1 and 9.0 and Halium-boot worked on Halium 9.0. Nowadays there is just The One method that’s described in this porting guide and what used to be called “Standalone method”. If you are interested in the historic details feel free to read about the good ol’ ways in the git history.