Re: "Kernel Hacker'

Mike A. Harris (mharris@ican.net)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:34:06 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, chrisj wrote:

> I am somewhat new to linux, but I have worked with it lond enough to know the
> basics of it and would like to use it for development purposes. Hence, the
> first step I would like to take is to compile a development kernel. What are
> the minimum requirements for this. I have ensured that the binaries listed on
> LinuxHQ are present, but I still receive compile time errors, especially when
> networking is disabled. Are there other binaries that need to be present (i.e.
> bin86, glib, glibc-devel, ...)

Download the latest devel kernel source, and read the
documentation. It tells you everything you need to know.

/usr/src/linux/README
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/*

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