The linux-configs Handbook

• The linux-configs Collection
  • The collection
    • Linux kernel versions
    • Architectures
    • Variants
  • Naming conventions
  • Release process
• Requirements
  • Compilation tools
    • Building tools in phyglos
    • Building tools in Debian
    • Building tools in Fedora
  • The BANDIT
    • BANDIT in phyglos
    • BANDIT in other distributions
• Build the Linux kernel from source
  • Get the Linux kernel source code
    • Preparing a working directory
    • Obtain the Linux kernel source tree
  • Configure the Linux kernel
    • Clean the downloaded source tree
    • Prepare a .config file
    • Configure the kernel options
  • Compile the kernel and modules
  • Install the kernel image and modules
    • Install the kernel modules
    • Install the new kernel image
• Build the Linux kernel using BANDIT
  • Update the phyglos catalog
  • Configure the phyglos-kernel bundle
  • Configure the Linux kernel using the BANDIT
  • Raise the phyglos-kernel bundle
    • Build the phyglos-kernel bundle
    • Install the phyglos-kernel bundle
• Linux kernel post-installation
  • Updating the boot process
    • Updating the initramfs
    • Updating the bootloader
  • Testing the kernel
  • Reconfigure the system
    • Rebuild other programms after the new kernel
    • Reconfigure GRUB to use the new kernel as default