[TriLUG] Kernel Compiles

[David Brain]

Hmm...

$ ls -l bzImage
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2659104 Mar  8 00:13 bzImage

Running Gentoo (enough said).

For more serious purposes (i.e work) occasionally to shoehorn newer
Xen kernels into Centos.

David.

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:
> When was the last time you compiled your own kernel?
> And why did you feel the need to do it?
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>> At work - All the time. Creating OS images with up-to-date (development level) drivers.
>> At home - Not since 2007. Same reason as others in here; resolving wireless issues.
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> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Brian Cottingham <spiffytech at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
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>> -Brian
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>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Maxwell Spangler
>>> <maxlists at maxwellspangler.com> wrote:
>>> > Just curious,
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>>> > When was the last time you compiled your own kernel?
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>>> > And why did you feel the need to do it?
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>>> > 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.
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>>> About a year ago for a USB wireless adapter.  It was merged into
>>> mainline a couple months later.
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