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freebsd-unix.sg asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 decade ago

Compiling Custom Kernel?

Care to share your custom kernel compilation experience on any UNIX?

I hope you can also share errors you encountered and how you overcome them.

Plz include your Operating System Version as well

Thanks hope from this everyone can learn from each other.

I used FreeBSD 7.0 p-3 i386

FreeBSD compiles from a text file

Default BSD kernels do not include sound driver

Had to enter it manually

Removed additional network drivers i did not need

Wireless Card driver was of different atheros chipset had to download hal from madwifi

Everything works after Recompiling

Kernel occupies less memory became more responsive

Recently i recompiled again to include the ULE scheduler (Heard it was better than 4.4BSD)

Never compiled Linux Kernel before...

Going to try soon =)

Update:

No I have already Compiled a Custom Kernel for BSD so many times I can remember the steps clearly.

Just want to know how others compiled their own Linux Custom kernel and problems they faced =)

Update 2:

I know for Linux you have to download the source but never actually attempted it

Update 3:

OMG don't tell me no one ever custom kernel before?

Hey Lug you are supposed to be a geek right? Every geek MUST have a custom Kernel for their UNIX to be considered one?!

Update 4:

Good Luck !

But still I think you should custom kernel will improve your system performance by a wide margin

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