[Novalug] Recompiling the Linux kernel

William Sutton william@trilug.org
Tue Dec 27 12:48:28 EST 2011


The gentoo documentation is also pretty useful for knowing what things to 
include for various functionality and has a decent checklist for compiling 
a new kernel and including it in grub.

William Sutton

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011, Xavier Belanger wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> Question - what's a good site that has current info
>> on doing a re-compile, such as where to get current source,
>> steps to take to re-compile, and good explanations of
>> various features so I can wisely decide which one
>> to include and which I can dismiss?
>
> Kernel Newbies is probably a good place to go:
>
> [ http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ ]
>
> * How To Compile A Kernel:
>
> [ http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/KernelCompilation ]
>
> But documentation about kernel features is still partial
> and difficult to read (look at the 'Documentation' directory
> in the sources).
>
> A good knowledge of your hardware is usefull. If you are sure that
> you don't have some hardware, you can answer 'no' to some questions.
> In doubt, respond 'module' (like 'maybe').
>
> Bye.
> -- 
> Xavier Belanger
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