<div dir="ltr"><div>Professionally, I've compiled custom kernels now and then. The last time I had to maintain a completely custom kernel was about 6-7 years ago when writing software for traffic control systems and digital message board / road signs. ARM based cpu in the signs with a completely custom and very stripped out linux distro. Was fun rolling a very tiny window manager on it for the on-sign interface as well. <br>
<br></div>The last time I rolled one for personal use was when 3.0.0 shipped. I rolled it up to see what it was like and what I would need to know to support it. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Barlow, Jim D <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.d.barlow@intel.com" target="_blank">jim.d.barlow@intel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I do this a fair amount, but I have a special requirement. Using Clonezilla Server Edition for PC imaging, one has to make sure (especially with older hardware)
that the kernel to be PXE launched is right for all machines. So I have to compile to disable the need for PAE (processor address extensions) on old laptops that do not have that kind of support. Success in imaging generations of antique PCs is a matter
of picking just the settings for the “universal” kernel.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Other than that, I haven’t done a compilation since I gave up my Gentoo habit
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Kinney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 03, 2013 10:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] custom kernel<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">when the current kernels were in the 2.4.X range!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">lots of custom modules but no kernels in a long time.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Boris Borisov <<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com" target="_blank">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Just general question. When was the last time you build custom kernel.<br>
Mine was several years ago trying to build and compile driver for<br>
exotic usb wireless chipset ( now is in the main tree ). I'm thinking<br>
of compiling one just to see my level of success today.<br>
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