BitBender has posted an article about compiling a custom Linux Kernel

The focus of this article, is to build a custom Linux kernel for your server or desktop machine. The kernel will be optimized for the machine's processor, and will contain support only for the drivers and features that are going to be needed. Another reason to compile a kernel is to add support for a feature that is missing from a vendor supplied kernel, or to get a piece of hardware working.

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