Re: Making Custom Kernels
David Baron wrote:
> I compile my own to dispense with initrd and use realtime-lsm, also a
> version with the real-time preemptive patch or ovz and such.
>
> I am not making the kernel to be a universal package so I guess I really
> do not need all those modules, do I? I have already dispensed with OSS. I
> have a "normal" 10-T 8139 ethernet card. A few sound devices, and intel
> chipset with intel agpgart. I compile the proprietory nvidia driver. So.
>
> Can I simply get rid of all the decnet, ieee stuff, isdn and such? I
> compile in what yaird -test says I need and what I found necessary for
> correct alsa loading, ext3fs, etc.
If you remove those modules you don't need, the compile will take less
time. Can you be trusted to invest this newly gained free time properly?
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