improve kernel build steps

.gitea/workflows/build-kernel.yaml

@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@ jobs:
             ca-certificates
           curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh -s -- --daemon
 
-      # - name: Build custom kernel
+      - name: Build custom kernel
-      #   run: |
-      #     export NIX_BUILD_CORES=0
-      #     nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A config.system.build.kernel --arg configuration ./custom-kernel.nix
-      #   env:
-      #     PATH: /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
-      
-      - name: Create dummy files
         run: |
-          mkdir -p ./result
+          export NIX_BUILD_CORES=0
-          echo "This is a dummy file" > ./result/dummy-file.txt
+          nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A config.system.build.kernel --arg configuration ./custom-kernel.nix
+        env:
+          PATH: /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
 
-      - name: Zip kernel artifacts
+      - name: Prepare kernel artifacts
-        run: zip -r custom-kernel.zip ./result
+        run: |
+          mkdir result-writable
+          cp -rL result/lib/modules/6.6.63/kernel result-writable/kernel
+          sudo chmod -R u+rwX,g+rwX,o+rX result-writable
+          tar -czf custom-kernel.tar.gz -C result-writable .
+          rm -rf result-writable
 
       - name: Upload kernel artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: custom-kernel
-          path: ./custom-kernel.zip
+          path: ./custom-kernel.tar.gz

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /result
+/result-writable
 custom-kernel.tar.gz

README.md

@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@ nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A config.system.build.kernel --arg configuration ./
 
 1. Create a tarball of the built kernel:
 ```bash
-tar -czf custom-kernel.tar.gz -C result .
+mkdir result-writable
+cp -rL result/lib/modules/6.6.63/kernel result-writable/kernel
+sudo chmod -R u+rwX,g+rwX,o+rX result-writable
+tar -czf custom-kernel.tar.gz -C result-writable .
+rm -rf result-writable
 ```
 
-2. Upload the tarball as an artifact to Gitea:
+2. Create a new release on Gitea and upload the tarball
-```bash
-curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-     -H "Authorization: token YOUR_GITEA_TOKEN" \
-     --data-binary @custom-kernel.tar.gz \
-     "https://gitea.example.com/api/v1/repos/your-username/your-repo/releases/YOUR_RELEASE_ID/assets?name=custom-kernel.tar.gz"
-```