[ale] custom kernel

[Ted Wood]

The last time I compiled for any reason was last year while I was on
Slackware 13.37. I did not want to go to -current but I needed some of
the features in the 3.x kernel which was not slated for inclusion in
Slackware until 14.0. With "make menuconfig" the selection of options
and compilation is almost idiot-proof. It was just very time consuming
on the hardware I was using. Taking a solid couple of hours to complete
all the while praying my flaky power supply on the laptop wouldn't give
me any trouble.

On 06/03/2013 11:23 AM, Scott Bragg wrote:
> 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. 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Barlow, Jim D <jim.d.barlow at intel.com
> <mailto:jim.d.barlow at intel.com>> wrote:
> 
>     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.____
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>     Other than that, I haven’t done a compilation since I gave up my
>     Gentoo habit J____
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>     __-          __Jim____
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>     *From:*ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>
>     [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>] *On Behalf
>     Of *Jim Kinney
>     *Sent:* Monday, June 03, 2013 10:56 AM
>     *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>     *Subject:* Re: [ale] custom kernel____
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>     when the current kernels were in the 2.4.X range!____
> 
>     lots of custom modules but no kernels in a long time.____
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>     On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com
>     <mailto:bugyatl at gmail.com>> 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.
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