Post #2940529
2026-04-25 15:41 UTC
@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 ;-)
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@picofarad@noauthority.social 2026-04-25 15:44
@freedomtux@linuxrocks.online oh and when you finish with `make menuconfig`, you note how many threads your machine has, say 16; `make -j15 && make modules_install` that second part is if you set anything in menuconfig to "M" instead of "in kernel" - the selections *may* be tri-state - compiled in, compiled as module, not compiled. for more info https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Kernel