[TriLUG] Kernel Compiles

[Brian Cottingham]

I last recompiled my kernel in Fall '07 when I had to bring my Slackware
12.0 system's kernel up a couple versions to support my wireless card.

-Brian


On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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