Compiling my kernel

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

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Debee,

Have you seen the README in the /usr/src/linux directory?

Doing "make config" once is a pretty daunting task. But having
done it once, you may rarely have to do it again. Save a copy of
/usr/src/linux/.config somewhere so you can copy it back if you
ever get a new kernel source package. Then instead of doing "make
config" you can do "make oldconfig", and you will only be asked
about differences between the old and the new files.  The
exception seems to be when you move from a 2.4.x to a 2.6.x
kernel, where there are so many differences you might as well
slog through it all again.

Also, to make a few minor config changes, I generally just delete
the appropriate lines in /usr/src/linux/.config and then do "make
oldconfig" and I get to answer those items with different answers
if I want.

Chuck


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