Did not know of /proc/config.gz . I've been copying the config from /boot directory to save me time.<br><br>On Monday, June 3, 2013, Phil Turmel <<a href="mailto:philip@turmel.org">philip@turmel.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 06/03/2013 10:30 AM, Boris Borisov wrote:<br>>> 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>><br>> I follow the stable vanilla kernels on gentoo, so I'm compiling a new<br>> one every week or two.<br>><br>> I also compile some of Linus' release candidates to try on my laptop,<br>
> but I don't usually stay on them. (I have real work to do, and my<br>> laptop needs to stay runnable.)<br>><br>> If you want a quick start, boot recent liveCD that works with all of<br>> your hardware, then zcat its /proc/config.gz to your kernel source tree<br>
> as ".config". Will save you a great deal of effort for your first try.<br>><br>> Phil<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Ale mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>
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