[TriLUG] Kernel Compiles

Robert Dale robdale at gmail.com
Sun Apr 11 08:38:19 EDT 2010


On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Maxwell Spangler
<maxlists at maxwellspangler.com> wrote:
> Just curious,
>
> When was the last time you compiled your own kernel?
>
> And why did you feel the need to do it?
>
> I'm really looking for answers from non-kernel developers, and
> non-hardware developers.  End users who can't just install upgraded
> kernels, modules or recompile modules but for some reason need to do the
> whole kernel tree.

About a year ago for a USB wireless adapter.  It was merged into
mainline a couple months later.


-- 
Robert Dale



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