[ale] custom kernel

Boris Borisov bugyatl at gmail.com
Mon Jun 3 12:56:56 EDT 2013


Did not know of /proc/config.gz . I've been copying the config from /boot
directory to save me time.

On Monday, June 3, 2013, Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> wrote:
> On 06/03/2013 10:30 AM, Boris Borisov wrote:
>> Just general question. When was the last time you build custom kernel.
>> Mine was several years ago trying to build and compile driver for
>> exotic usb wireless chipset ( now is in the main tree ). I'm thinking
>> of compiling one just to see my level of success today.
>
> I follow the stable vanilla kernels on gentoo, so I'm compiling a new
> one every week or two.
>
> I also compile some of Linus' release candidates to try on my laptop,
> but I don't usually stay on them.  (I have real work to do, and my
> laptop needs to stay runnable.)
>
> If you want a quick start, boot recent liveCD that works with all of
> your hardware, then zcat its /proc/config.gz to your kernel source tree
> as ".config".  Will save you a great deal of effort for your first try.
>
> Phil
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