[Sussex] Kernel re-compile?

[Steve Dobson]

Geoff

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:12:14AM +0000, Geoff Teale wrote:
> Just to liven things up a little:
> 
> One of the great things about a package managed distributions is that
> you can make your own kernel packages - his makes it easier to store and
> reuse your kernel (and save compile time), a very useful thing if you're
> building several machines or rebuilding one machine a lot.
> 
> We do it all the time here in order to support kernel modules that are
> not likely to hit Debian stable anytime soon (ndiswrapper, bergdata,
> etc..).

True if all your machines are the same or if you want to build big, kernel
images that support hardware you don't own.  If, like me, you like to keep
the kernel free of unneeded code (on the hope that it will be more stable)
and all your machines are different then this will not work.

Steve