[Techtalk] the finer points of kernel customization

[Carla Schroder]

Let's say I have a stock 2.4 kernel. I want to customize it- clean out the 
useless crud, and add the latest stable patches. It goes like this:

-get new sources
-apply any patches
-backup config-2.4.x
-make mrproper
-edit the new makefile, to give it my choice of EXTRAVERSION=wotever
-make oldconfig
-make dep
-make clean
-make modules_install 
-make install
-edit bootloader, have fun

Correct?

And is it correct to say that you don't really patch your existing kernel, but 
create a new one using your old config? And you can delete your old kernel 
once you're satisfied the new one works?

thanks much!

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