Ubuntu kernel configuration

[Derek Broughton]

Michael J. Lynch wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Michael J. Lynch wrote:
>> 
>>>In /usr/src/linux-$(uname -r) run "make oldconfig"
>>>Do remainder of build process
>> 
>> 
>> That's a pretty big chunk of work to call "remainder".  Despite your
>> colleagues 20 years of Linux experience, I suspect he isn't familiar with
>> make-kpkg, which is how the Debian/Ubuntu kernels are built.
> 
> Well...I just didn't feel like type all of the crap we do for
> "remainder".  You are correct, our experience is almost entirely with
> RPM based distros (Redhat, SuSe, Mandrake, and others).  This looks like
> the bit of information I was looking to find.  Can you point me at a
> howto or wiki with example usage?

Install kernel-package.  It's got thorough (how unusual!) documentation.
-- 
derek