Compiling a dapper kernel

[Carl K]

Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> I want to recompile my kernel for a couple of reasons:
>
> 1) Add support for my DVB-T card (which is just one line in each of two
> tables to map the card id to the appropriate driver)
>
> 2) Build a leaner kernel that does not take up approx 80MB of my small
> root filesystem.
>
> Is there a wiki page or something similar that describes that kernel
> options the Ubuntu kernel needs to have - eg. does it depend on a
> framebuffer and which one (for the graphical boot) - are certain things
> required to be modules or can I build most stuff in, etc?
>
> I'll probably get there with trial and error, but it would be nice to
> have a heads-up before I start.
>
> Thanks.
>
>   
I just tried to figure this out a few weeks ago.  I found a bunch of 
conflicting info.  I did my best to orginize it here: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelHowTos 

Turned out I didn't need to compile a whole kernel, so I never did /do 
it/ - good luck.

Carl K