Post #2940528
2026-04-25 12:17 UTC
@picofarad@noauthority.social @phoronix@masto.ai every package manager I've ever used calls a build of a linux kernel an image. Not sure what other concrete noun to use; image seems more accurate than binary
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@picofarad@noauthority.social 2026-04-25 15:41
@freedomtux@linuxrocks.online alright! if one is in to kernel compilation for size or cruft: you need your old .config from the current running kernel, for instance. go to new kernel dir, `make oldconfig`; `make menuconfig` then you can go through and enable/disable kernel "features" as needed. ubuntu's *kernel* was around 10-13MB, but they use initrd (or similar) for all the drivers. If you know exactly what you need, you can skip everything but the 10-13MB kernel ;-)